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Meaning metric meaning

What does metric mean?

metric

— adjective (= metrical) based on the meter as a standard of measurement the metric system metrical equivalents

— noun (= system of measurement) a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

— noun (= metric unit) 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

— noun (= metric function) a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

— adjective (= measured) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

Synonyms metric synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as metric?

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metrical

system of measurement

metric unit

metric function

measured

spondee

prosody

metric tensor

metric system

distance-function

Topics metric topics

What do people use metric to talk about?

States Big

Weigh

• What words refer to a unit of weight?
  ounce pound ton milligram centigram decigram gram dekagram kilo kilogram metric ton kiloton megaton atomic weight carat dram grain hundredweight pennyweight stone talent gross weight net weight
• What words describe a system of weights?
  apothecary avoirdupois metric troy

States

Big

• What words describe a system of measures?
  metric

States Big

Long

• What words describe a system of lengths?
  metric

States Big Big area

Big container, volume

• What words describe a system of measures?
  metric imperial

Examples metric examples

How do I use metric in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I still have to mentally do the conversion from metric into imperial.

Meteoroids burn up in the atmosphere and fall to the Earth as dust. Every day, approximately 3000 metric tons of dusty space material falls to Earth.

We use the metric system here.

Tom, stubborn as he was, refused to change to the sensible metric system, preferring to measure volume in hogsheads instead.

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Mass is about 11,000 metric tonnes.

About 2,000 metric tonnes.

A set of Sears' best metric tools.

They've gone back to metric without telling us.

I believe you'll find that works out to 20 million per metric ton, Mr Tan.

Inertial mass of the moon is decreasing to approximately 2.5 million metric tons.

Shearing force, 80 metric tons per meter.

Shearing force, 92 metric tons.

Shearing force is at 103 metric tons.

I always wanted an excuse to buy me a set of metric tools.

Mass, 2.5 million metric tons.

They got the metric system.

Because of the metric system?

The metric system.

Mass, a little under 11,000 metric tons.

About 2,000 metric tons.

I've gone metric, you see.

Metric investigation Unit.

Why don't i let you shovel a couple of metric tons?

What did they get you two for buying a foreign car or supporting the metric system?

This system is calibrated to the Celsius metric system.

It's metric. They wouldn't know a quarter pounder.

No more pressure, no more kilometres, no more metric system!

I'll tell you one thing-- the kids are learning the metric system here-- kilos, grams, that sort of thing.

Uh, because of the metric system?

That's right. The metric system.

Well, we're metric now, so 30 cubic litres high, all right?

There are almost four metric tons of rock blocking our way.

Do you know how many metric tons of eggs Wisconsin produces every year?

Metric?

That adds up to several metric tons a year, sir.

They process more than 8,000 metric. 8,000 metric tons of tylium per second at 94 percent thermal efficiency.

News and current affairs

From 1990 to 2008, the EU cut its emissions by about 270 million metric tons of CO2.

Likewise, our GDP metric does not reflect the cost of the increased insecurity individuals may feel with the increased risk of a loss of a job.

Cannabis production grew by 300 metric tons over this period, to 15,800 metric tons.

Measured according to GDP (admittedly a flawed metric), the world economy expanded sixfold.

Shanghai's 15-year-old students were recently ranked first globally in math and reading as per the standardized PISA metric.

But this metric is very deceptive.

Obviously, that is a ridiculous metric.

By any reasonable metric, multilateral institutions and great-power governments did what was necessary to preserve the global economy's openness.

In exchange, two light-water nuclear reactors would be built to generate electric energy, and 500,000 metric tons of oil would be supplied annually until the first reactor began operating.

This is, I think, the best metric to use to quantify the decidedly sub-par pace of today's jobless recovery in the US.

The composition of GDP is probably the worst metric to use in assessing early-stage progress on economic rebalancing.

Rice output has risen by two and a half times since 2004, according to the Ministry of Trade, to 180,000 metric tons, while consumption of imported rice fell by half from 2004 to 2005 alone.

But the reason it has occurred is not that our greenhouse-gas emissions are no longer changing the earth's climate; it is that surface temperature is a poor metric for human-induced warming.

The total amount of heat contained in oceans responds to changes in emissions, and is therefore a better metric for measuring such responses.

In time, models could demonstrate how to relate this new global metric to emissions' regional climate impact.