- people meter
- peo′ple me`tern.sbz an electronic device used in registering the television viewing habits of selected viewers
From formal English to slang. 2014.
people meter
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people meter — ➔ meter1 * * * people meter UK US noun [C] ► MARKETING a piece of electronic equipment used in people s homes to measure the number and type of people watching particular television programmes to help with planning, advertising, etc … Financial and business terms
People meter — The People meter is a device and system used to measure the viewing habits of TV and cable audiences. It was invented by a British company called Audits of Great Britain (AGB). The successor company to AGB is TNS, which is active in 34 countries… … Wikipedia
people meter — /ˈpipəl mitə/ (say peepuhl meetuh) noun a computerised device attached to a television which records information about viewing habits which is then used to assess television ratings. Also, peoplemeter, PM. {trademark} …
people meter — noun : an electronic device wired to a television set and used to record the channel selections made by individual viewers … Useful english dictionary
Portable People Meter — Das Portable People Meter (PPM) ist ein Instrument zum Messen von Radiodaten des Unternehmens Arbitron. In den großen Teilen der USA ist das Portable People Meter seit Anfang 2007 im Einsatz (Philadelphia Panel, Houston Panel, San Francisco Panel … Deutsch Wikipedia
Portable People Meter — The Portable People Meter (sometimes mistakenly Personal People Meter ) or PPM, is a device developed by Arbitron to measure how many people are listening (or at least exposed) to individual radio stations and television stations, including cable … Wikipedia
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Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… … Wikipedia
Meter (music) — Musical and lyric metre. See also: Hymn meter and Poetic meter. Meter or metre is a term that music has inherited from the rhythmic element of poetry (Scholes 1977; Latham 2002) where it means the number of lines in a verse, the number of… … Wikipedia
