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[me-trik]

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adjective

pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.

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Origin:
1860–65; < French métrique, derivative of mètre meter¹; see -ic

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adjective

pertaining to distance: metric geometry.

metrical.

noun

Mathematics. a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous to those of the distance between points on a real line, as the distance between two points being independent of the order of the points, the distance between two points being zero if, and only if, the two points coincide, and the distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the distances from each point to an arbitrary third point.

Origin:
1750–60; < Latin metricus < Greek metrikós of, relating to measuring. See meter², -ic

a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter (barometric) or -metry (geometric).

Origin:
< Greek -metrikos; see meter², -metry, -ic

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metric (ˈmɛtrɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to the metre or metric system
2.	maths denoting or relating to a set containing pairs of points for each of which a non-negative real number ρ(x, y) (the distance) can be defined, satisfying specific conditions

—n
3.	maths the function ρ(x, y) satisfying the conditions of membership of such a set (a metric space)

metrical or metric (ˈmɛtrɪk^əl, ˈmɛtrɪk)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to measurement
2.	of or in poetic metre

metric or metric

—*adj*

'metrically or metric

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

metric

"pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter," 1864, from Fr. métrique, from mèter (see meter (2)).

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Medical Dictionary

metric met·ric¹ (mět'rĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to the meter or the metric system.

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metric (mět'rĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to the meter or the metric system.

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