Metric

adj. of the metric system, pertaining to the meter; of or pertaining to distance; composed in meter or verse (in poetry)

Metric may refer to:Metric system, a system of units developed in France in the 18th centurySI, or Système International, the international system of units since 1960, a subset of the formerMetrics, a system of parameters that are measuredMetrics (networking), set of properties of a communication pathMetre (music), a measurement of beats in musicMetre (poetry), the linguistic sound patterns of a verseMetric (band), a Canadian indie rock bandIn mathematics:Metric (mathematics), an abstraction of the notion of distance in a metric spaceNorm (mathematics), an abstraction of the notion of size in a normed vector spaceMetric tensor, a symmetric tensor of rank 2 used to measure distanceSoftware metrics, a measure of some property of a piece of software or its specifications
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Metric /met·ric/ 1. pertaining to measures or measurement. 2. having the meter as a basis. met·ric adj. [more]Metric - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
(synonym) metric function
(hypernym) function, mathematical function
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
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"
(synonym) metric unit
(hypernym) unit of measurement, unit
(hyponym) metric capacity unit
3. a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
(synonym) system of measurement
(hypernym) measure, quantity, amount
(hyponym) system of weights and measures
Adjective
1. based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"
(synonym) metrical
(pertainym) meter, metre, m
2. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
(synonym) measured, metrical
(similar) rhythmical, rhythmic
(classification) prosody, metrics

(a.)
Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
  

(a.)
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.