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met⋅ri⋅cal

  [me-tri-kuhl]
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–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·ri·cal   (mět'rĭ-kəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line.

  2. Of or relating to measurement.


[Middle English, from Latin metricus, from Greek metrikos, from metron, measure, poetic meter; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]
met'ri·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

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·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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