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metrication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun metrication has 1 sense
- metrication(n = noun.act) metrification - the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds; Array is a kind of change
Derived form verb metricate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
metrication, n.
The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the metric system; metrification; as, Great Britain has completed its metrification, but the United States still resists complete change. [PJC]
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