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metric.

Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
  1. Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

    not-comparable
  2. Of or relating to measurement by meters or by metrics.

    not-comparable
  3. Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.

    not-comparable
  4. Of or relating to distance.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic.

noun/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
  1. A way to measure something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).

    What metric should be used for performance evaluation?
    What are the most important metrics to track for your business?
  2. Ellipsis of metric system.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  3. A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.

  4. A metric tensor.

Where this word comes from

From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic.

verb/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
  1. To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

    transitive
    We need to metric the status of software documentation.
    We need to metric the verification of requirements.
Where this word comes from

From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic.

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