Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meter_reading
2 senses of meter reading
Sense 1
reading, meter reading, indication -- (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm")
=> datum, data point -- (an item of factual information derived from measurement or research)
Sense 2
reading, meter reading -- (the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company")
=> measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration -- (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate")