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RELATED WORDS : metric capacity unit metric function metric grain metric hundredweight metric linear unit metric space metric system metric ton metric unit metric weight unit

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun metric has 3 senses

• metric(n = noun.linkdef) metric function - a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them; Array
is a kind of function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function

• metric(n = noun.quantity) metric unit - 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"
is a kind of unit, unit of measurement
has particulars: metric capacity unit, metric linear unit, metric weight unit, weight unit

• metric(n = noun.quantity) system of measurement - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic; Array
is a kind of amount, measure, quantity
has particulars: criterion, measure, standard, touchstone, system of weights and measures, point system, information measure, utility, brix scale, circular measure, board measure, beaufort scale, system of weights, weight, temperature scale

Adjective metric has 2 senses

• metric(a = adj.pert) metrical - based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"
Derived form noun meter₁

• metric(s = adj.all) measured, metrical - the rhythmic arrangement of syllables; Array
Derived form noun meter₄

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THESAURUS

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

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Measurement

N measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize, estimate, estimation, dead reckoning, reckoning, gauging, horse power, metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic, measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers, gage, gauge, meter, line, rod, check, dividers, velo, flood mark, high water mark, Plimsoll line, index, scale, graduation, graduated scale, nonius, vernier, bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat) &c, barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer, (angle) 244 meter, landmark, balance, scale, marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph, rain gauge, rain gage, voltmeter (volts), ammeter (amps), spectrophotometer (light absorbance), mass spectrophotometer (molecular mass), geiger counter, scintillation counter (radioactivity), pycnometer (liquid density), graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume), radar gun (velocity), radar (distance), side-looking radar, (shape, topography), sonar (depth in water), light meter (light intensity), clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time), anemometer (wind velocity), densitometer (color intensity), measurability, computability, determinability, coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth, geometry, stereometry, hypsometry, metage, surveying, land surveying, geodesy, geodetics, geodesia, orthometry, altimetry, cadastre, astrolabe, armillary sphere, land surveyor, geometer, measuring, metric, metrical, measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable, geodetical, topographic, topographical, cartographic, cartographical.

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