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metric
- /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
Rhymes with -ɛtɹɪk
Where it comes from
From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic.
adjective
- Of or relating to the metric system of measurement. But the red planet has been a graveyard for Russian, European and American missions, including an embarrassing 1999 NASA fail caused when a computer, running on metric numbers, and engineers, dealing in nonmetric numbers, got their signals crossed.
- Of or relating to measurement by meters or by metrics. This model is a basic framework for organizations to assess their current state and plan improvements in their Organizational resilience metric capabilities. Each level builds on the capabilities established in previous levels, aiming for continuous improvement and integration of resilience metrics
- Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
- Of or relating to distance.
noun metrics
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A way to measure something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
What metric should be used for performance evaluation?
Similar: measure
- Ellipsis of metric system
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A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.
As we shall see, these metrics are constructed from a Green function.
Similar: distance function
- A metric tensor.
verb metrics · metricking · metricked
- To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process. We need to metric the status of software documentation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: measured, metrical, rhythmical, rhythmic, metrication, metering, endpoint, tonne, cubic, measuring, parameter, measurement, beacon, meter, indicator, flag
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adj relating to metric system
| Español | métrico |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 公制 gōngzhì |
| Português | métrico |
| Français | métrique |
| Deutsch | metrisch |
| Italiano | metrico |
| Ελληνικά | μετρικός metrikós |
| Română | metric |
| Русский | метри́ческий metríčeskij |
| Tiếng Việt | mét |
| العربية | مِتْرِيّ mitriyy |
| עברית | מֶטְרִי metri |
adj relating to musical meter
| Español | métrico |
|---|---|
| Français | métrique |
| Italiano | metrico |
| Ελληνικά | μετρικός metrikós |
Talk about this word "metric." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/metric. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. metric. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/metric "metric." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/metric.Cite this
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title = {metric},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metric},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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