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met⋅ri⋅cize

[me-truh-sahyz]
–verb (used with object), -cized, -ciz⋅ing.
1. to express in terms of the metric system.
2. Mathematics. metrize.
Also, especially British, met⋅ri⋅cise.


Origin:
1870–75; metric 1 + -ize

met⋅rize

[mi-trahyz, me-trahyz]
–verb (used with object), -rized, -rizing. Mathematics.
to find a metric for (a topological space for which the metric topology is the given topology).
Also, metricize; especially British, met⋅rise.


Origin:
metr(ic) 2 + -ize


met⋅riz⋅able, adjective
met⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, noun
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metricize

verb
1. express in the metric system 
2. convert from a non-metric to the metric system 
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