Metric - English meaning

adjective

Relating to or based on the metre as a unit of length.

Usage examples:

All measurements are given in metric form

adjective

Relating to or denoting a metric.

Usage examples:

The metric equation of minkowski space–time

adjective

Relating to or composed in a poetic metre.

Usage examples:

The public recitation of metric, rhyming verse

noun

A system or standard of measurement.

Usage examples:

The levels of branching are arbitrary and no precise metric is applied to distance between the nodes

noun

The metric system.

Usage examples:

It's easier to work in metric

noun

The metre of a poem.

Usage examples:

Here, as in harper's later volumes, musical rhythm replaces traditional metrics in the poetry witho…

combining form

In adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -meter (such as geometric corresponding to geometer and geometry ).