Definition of Metric
Adjective: metric me-trik
- Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
"the metric system";
- metrical
- (prosody) Rhythmically written in meter
- measured, metrical
- (physics) a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
- metric function
- 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";
- metric unit
- A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
- system of measurement
See also:
metrestick
metrical
Anagrams containing the word metric