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met⋅ric

1  [me-trik]
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–adjective
pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.
Origin:
1860–65; < F métrique, deriv. of mètre meter 1 ; see -ic
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met⋅ric

2  [me-trik]
–adjective
1. pertaining to distance: metric geometry.
2. metrical.
–noun
3. 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; < L metricus < Gk metrikós of, relating to measuring. See meter 2 , -ic

-metric

 
a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter (barometric) or -metry (geometric).
Origin:
< Gk -metrikos; see meter 2 , -metry, -ic

met⋅ri⋅cal

  [me-tri-kuhl]
–adjective
1. pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
2. composed in meter or verse.
3. pertaining to measurement.
Also, metric.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL metric(us) (see metric 2 ) + -al 1

Related forms:
met⋅ri⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
met⋅ri⋅cism  [me-truh-siz-uhm] , me⋅tric⋅i⋅ty  [me-tris-i-tee, mi-] , noun
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met·ric 1   (mět'rĭk)   
adj.  Of or relating to the meter or the metric system: U.S. Customary units and their metric equivalents.

[French métrique, from mètre, meter; see meter2.]
met·ric 2   (mět'rĭk)   
n.  

  1. A standard of measurement.

  2. Mathematics A geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space.

adj.  Of or relating to distance.

[From Latin metricus, relating to measurement; see metrical.]
met·ric 3   (mět'rĭk)   
n.  Poetic meter.

[Greek (hē) metrikē (tekhnē), (the art) of meter, feminine of metrikos, relating to measurement; see metrical.]
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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)).

metrical 
"pertaining to versification," 1432, from L. metricus "metrical," from Gk. metrikos, from metron "poetic meter."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: met·ric
Pronunciation: 'me-trik
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or using the metric system metric study> —met·ri·cal·ly /-tri-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Main Entry: met·ri·cal
Pronunciation: -tri-k&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or subject to measurement <metrical genetictraits>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

metric
software metric

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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