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Metric   /mˈɛtrɪk/   Listen
Metric

adjective
1.
Based on the meter as a standard of measurement.  Synonym: metrical.  "Metrical equivalents"
2.
The rhythmic arrangement of syllables.  Synonyms: measured, metrical.



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"Metric" Quotes from Famous Books



... still rages—metric, or decimal, or no change. What each nation has is good enough for it in the opinion of many of its people. Some day an international commission will doubtless assemble to bring order out of chaos. As far as the English-speaking race is concerned, it seems that a decided improvement could readily ...
— James Watt • Andrew Carnegie

... estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize. span, pace step; apply the compass &c. n.; gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the log, heave the lead; survey. weigh. take an average &c. 29; graduate. Adj. measuring &c. v.; metric , metrical; measurable, perceptible, noticeable, detectable, appreciable, ponderable, determinable, fathomable; geodetical, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... is caused to shine upon a photo-electric current-generating cell, and the current thus produced flows through a galvano-metric coil in circuit, whose index indicates upon its scale the intensity of the light. The scale may be calibrated by means of standard candles, and the deflections of the index will then give absolute readings showing the candle power of the light being tested. Or, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 • Various

... distinguished men proceeded, who analyzed with the greatest subtlety all its rules and aided in perfecting it. As early as in the age of Ali, the fourth Caliph, Arabian literature boasted of a number of scientific grammarians. Prosody and the metric art were reduced to systems. Dictionaries of the language were composed, some of which are highly esteemed at the present day. Among these may be mentioned the "Al Sehah," or Purity, and "El Kamus," or the Ocean, which is considered the best ...
— Handbook of Universal Literature - From The Best and Latest Authorities • Anne C. Lynch Botta



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