metric

Speech parts

1. metric - Noun

2. metric - Adjective

3. metric - Verb

4. metric - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

measure measured index gauge metrical yardstick metric unit metric function distance function system of measurement gage even standard basis regular
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Antonyms

arrhythmic unmeasured unrhythmic nonmetrical

Hypernyms

function amount unit measure map quantity

Hyponyms

standard measure utility criterion touchstone Beaufort scale

Phrases with the word

metric centner metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter metric tons metric tonnes per metric tonne decimal metric system

Anagrams

McTier

Examples

The metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. Dave Barry

I think innovation as a discipline needs to go back and get rethought and revived. There are so many models to talk about innovation, there are so many typologies of innovation, and you have to find a good innovation metric that truly captures the innovation performance of a company. Indra Nooyi

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.' Brian Ferneyhough

There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?" "Evil's afoot." "Well, sure," Bob said, "because it refuses to learn the metric system. Otherwise it'd be up to a meter by now. Jim Butcher

Troy: Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such educational films as Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly and Here Comes the Metric System!. Today I will be your narrator in this sex-ed film called Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You-Know-What. Phil Hartman

Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now. Jim Butcher

Close letter words and terms

metrial metribolone metribuzin metric capacity unit metric carat metric centner