metrics

[ me-triks ]
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noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the science of meter.

  2. the art of metrical composition.

Origin of metrics

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; see origin at metric2, -ics

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Other definitions for -metrics (2 of 2)

-metrics

  1. a combining form with the meaning “the science of measuring” that specified by the initial element: biometrics; econometrics.

Origin of -metrics

2
see origin at -metric, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for metrics

metrics

/ (ˈmɛtrɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) prosody the art of using poetic metre

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