metricize

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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

[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

Related forms:

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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