met

1 of 2

past tense and past participle of meet

met

2 of 2

abbreviation

1
meteorological; meteorology
2
metropolitan

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“Met.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/met. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

met

past and past participle of meet

Medical Definition

met

1 of 2 noun
often all capitalized
: a unit of measure of the rate at which the body expends energy that is based on the energy expenditure while sitting at rest and is equal to 3.5 milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute

called also metabolic equivalent

Met

2 of 2 abbreviation
methionine; methionyl

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