Definitions for metricˈmɛ trɪk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

met•ricˈmɛ trɪk(adj.)

  1. pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.

Origin of metric:

1860–65; < F métrique; see meter1, -ic

met•ricˈmɛ trɪk(adj.)

  1. pertaining to distance:

    metric geometry.

  2. Ref: metrical.

  3. (n.)Math. a geometric function having properties analogous to those of the distance between points on a real line.

    Category: Math

Origin of metric:

1750–60; < L metricus < Gk metrikós of measuring. See meter2, -ic

-metric

  1. a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter (barometric) or -metry (geometric).

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Weights and Measures, Affix

Origin of -metric:

< Gk -metrikos

Princeton's WordNet

  1. metric function, metric(noun)

    a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

  2. metric unit, metric(noun)

    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"

  3. system of measurement, metric(adj)

    a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

  4. metric, metrical(adj)

    based on the meter as a standard of measurement

    "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

  5. measured, metrical, metric(adj)

    the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. metric(adjective)ˈmɛ trɪk

    using meters and kilograms as units of measurement

    metric measurements; the metric system

Wiktionary

  1. metric(Noun)

    A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in Software Engineering)

  2. metric(Noun)

    A measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "positive definiteness": and , (2) "symmetry": , and (3) "triangle inequality": .

  3. metric(Verb)

    To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

  4. metric(Adjective)

    of or relating to the metric system of measurement

  5. metric(Adjective)

    of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.

  6. metric(Adjective)

    Of or relating to distance

  7. Origin: From métrique (1864), from metricus, from metrum; see meter.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Metric(adj)

    relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement

  2. Metric(adj)

    of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement


Translations for metric

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

metric(adjective)

of the metre or metric system

Are these scales metric?

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