peoplemeter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

people +‎ -meter

Noun

peoplemeter (plural peoplemeters)

  1. (television) A device installed in a household to track which occupants watch which television shows, for the purpose of measuring viewing habits in the population.
    • 1990, Lynne S. Gross, The New Television Technologies, page 7:
      These machines could not indicate if anyone was actually sitting in front of the TV watching it. But new machines called peoplemeters can tell which members of the family are watching […]
    • 2013, James Webster, Patricia Phalen, Lawrence Lichty, Ratings Analysis: Audience Measurement and Analytics, page 33:
      […] a peoplemeter-like box to measure viewing […]
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