Metric - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmetrɪk|
Brit.
|ˈmetrɪk|
noun
- a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
- a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
- a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
convert all the measurements to metric units
it is easier to work in metric
- a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristicit is easier to work in metric
adjective
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...according to the usual metrics by which we judge fiction, this novel is an utter failure...
The metric unit of energy is the “joule.”
The parts all come in metric sizes now.
The British conversion to the metric system took place in the 1970s.
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