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 Definitions of metric  [ˈmɛ trɪk]  

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Definition of 'metric' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) metric
pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.

2. (adj.) metric
pertaining to distance:
metric geometry.

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

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

Definition of 'metric' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) metric function, metric
a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

2. (noun) metric unit, metric
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. (adj) system of measurement, metric
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

4. (adj) metric, metrical
based on the meter as a standard of measurement
"the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

5. (adj) measured, metrical, metric
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables


Definition of 'metric' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) metric
using meters and kilograms as units of measurement
metric measurements; the metric system


Definition of 'metric' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) metric
relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement

2. (adj) metric
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


Translation of 'metric' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of the metre or metric system
Are these scales metric?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: metries Arabic flag Arabic: مِتْري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: метричен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: métrico Czech flag Czech: metrický German flag German: metrisch
Danish flag Danish: metrisk Greek flag Greek: μετρικός Spanish flag Spanish: métrico
Estonian flag Estonian: meetri-, meetriline Farsi flag Farsi: بر حسب متر Finnish flag Finnish: metrinen
French flag French: métrique Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֶטרִי Hindi flag Hindi: मीटर का
Croatian flag Croatian: metrički Hungarian flag Hungarian: méter-rendszerű Indonesian flag Indonesian: metrik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: metra- Italian flag Italian: metrico Japanese flag Japanese: メートル法の
Korean flag Korean: 미터법의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: metrinis Latvian flag Latvian: metrisks
Malay flag Malay: metrik Dutch flag Dutch: metriek Norwegian flag Norwegian: meter-, metrisk
Polish flag Polish: metryczny, dziesiętny Persian flag Persian: بر حسب متر Pashto flag Pashto: د متر په حساب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: métrico Romanian flag Romanian: metric Russian flag Russian: метрический
Slovak flag Slovak: metrický Slovenian flag Slovenian: metrski Serbian flag Serbian: metrički
Swedish flag Swedish: meter- Thai flag Thai: ตามระบบเมตริก Turkish flag Turkish: metrik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 公制的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: метричний Urdu flag Urdu: میٹر پر مبنی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: theo mét Chinese flag Chinese: 米制的

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