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Metcalfe’s Law
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mete

mete [ meet ] (past and past participle met·ed, present participle met·ing, 3rd person present singular metes)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
( literary )
Same as  mete out


[ Old English metan "measure" < Indo-European]

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See meat.

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