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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)
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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
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1. (adjective) metric
using meters and kilograms as units of measurement
metric measurements; the metric system
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: of the metre or metric system
Are these scales metric?
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 Afrikaans: metries |
 Arabic: مِتْري |
 Bulgarian: метричен |
 Brazilian: métrico |
 Czech: metrický |
 German: metrisch |
 Danish: metrisk |
 Greek: μετρικός |
 Spanish: métrico |
 Estonian: meetri-, meetriline |
 Farsi: بر حسب متر |
 Finnish: metrinen |
 French: métrique |
 Hebrew: מֶטרִי |
 Hindi: मीटर का |
 Croatian: metrički |
 Hungarian: méter-rendszerű |
 Indonesian: metrik |
 Icelandic: metra- |
 Italian: metrico |
 Japanese: メートル法の |
 Korean: 미터법의 |
 Lithuanian: metrinis |
 Latvian: metrisks |
 Malay: metrik |
 Dutch: metriek |
 Norwegian: meter-, metrisk |
 Polish: metryczny, dziesiętny |
 Persian: بر حسب متر |
 Pashto: د متر په حساب |
 Portuguese: métrico |
 Romanian: metric |
 Russian: метрический |
 Slovak: metrický |
 Slovenian: metrski |
 Serbian: metrički |
 Swedish: meter- |
 Thai: ตามระบบเมตริก |
 Turkish: metrik |
 Taiwanese: 公制的 |
 Ukrainian: метричний |
 Urdu: میٹر پر مبنی |
 Vietnamese: theo mét |
 Chinese: 米制的 |
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