单词 | metric |
释义 | metric1[ me-trik ] / ˈmɛ trɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR metric ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivepertaining to the meter or to the metric system. nounOften metrics . a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics: new metrics for gauging an organization’s diversity;pretty good by any metric. Origin of metric11860–65; <French métrique, derivative of mètremeter1; see -ic Definition for metric (2 of 3)metric2 [ me-trik ] / ˈmɛ trɪk / adjectivepertaining to distance: metric geometry. metrical. nounMathematics. a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous to those of the distance between points on a real line, as the distance between two points being independent of the order of the points, the distance between two points being zero if, and only if, the two points coincide, and the distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the distances from each point to an arbitrary third point. Origin of metric21750–60; <Latin metricus<Greek metrikós of, relating to measuring. See meter2, -ic Definition for metric (3 of 3)-metric a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter (barometric) or -metry (geometric). Origin of -metric<Greek -metrikos;see meter2, -metry, -ic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for metricmetric / (ˈmɛtrɪk) / adjectiveof or relating to the metre or metric system maths denoting or relating to a set containing pairs of points for each of which a non-negative real number ρ(x, y) (the distance) can be defined, satisfying specific conditions nounmaths the function ρ(x, y) satisfying the conditions of membership of such a set (a metric space) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for metricmetric [ mĕt′rĭk ] adj.Of or relating to the meter or the metric system. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for metricmetric [ mĕt′rĭk ] Relating to the meter or the metric system. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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