metrification

met·ri·fi·ca·tion

[me-truh-fi-key-shuhn]
noun
2.
poetic composition in meter or verse form.

Origin:
metr(ic)1 or metr(ic)2 + -i- + -fication

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metrification

noun
1. writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) 
2. the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds 
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