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HTML

<p>nodeType: <span id="type"></span></p>
<p>nodeName: <span id="name"></span></p>

JavaScript

var xmlStr = "<root><meter /></root>";
var xmlDoc = jQuery.parseXML( xmlStr );
var $xmlDoc = jQuery( xmlDoc );

var $meter = $xmlDoc.find( "meter" ).clone();

$( "#type" ).text( $meter[0].nodeType );
$( "#name" ).text( $meter[0].nodeName );