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 Definitions for metric: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Metric \Met"ric\ (m[e^]t"r[i^]k), a. [L. metricus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
m['e]trique. See Meter rhythm.]
1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by,
measurement.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
Metric analysis (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric
analysis.
Metric system, See metric system in the vocabulary.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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metric
adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric
system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metrical]
2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured, metrical]
n 1: a function of a topological space that gives, for any two
points in the space, a value equal to the distance
between them [syn: metric function]
2: 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" [syn: metric unit]
3: a system of related measures that facilitates the
quantification of some particular characteristic [syn: {system
of measurement}]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "metric":
antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent,
chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic,
in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural,
mensurational, mensurative, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic,
pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative,
rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic,
valuational, valuative
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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