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单词 metricate
释义

Definition of metricate in English:

metricate

verb ˈmɛtrɪkeɪtˈmɛtrəˌkeɪt
[with object]
  • Convert to a metric system of measurement.

    when copper pipe was metricated, the method of measuring it changed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The theory offers a novel way to metricate Hofmeister effects and also leads to thermodynamic quantities, which account for the influence of salts.
    • Napoleon Bonaparte started to metricate the world in the early 1800s. Two hundred years later, the US still has problems in following the rest of the world.
    • Everything from cough mixture to nail varnish is already metricated in the city's pharmacies.
    • Imagine - the European Commission might want to harmonise uniforms and cap badges, or even metricate them.
    • If I follow his argument correctly, then logically we shall need to metricate all other things such as time, for example.

Derivatives

  • metrication

  • noun mɛtrɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌmɛtrəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    • The UK government committed to introduce metrication over a 10-year period 40 years ago but has yet to introduce kilometres on our roads.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I used to love all these things - before metrication.
      • He is well-known for protests against council tax that have led to him being jailed and has also been associated with protests against metrication.
      • It would do no harm to allow metric on pedestrian distance signs and would pave the way for the ultimate objective of full metrication of traffic signs.
      • We're sitting less than 12 months away from a General Election and any party that declared support for metrication would take a pounding.
 
 

Definition of metricate in US English:

metricate

verbˈmetrəˌkātˈmɛtrəˌkeɪt
[with object]
  • Change or adapt to a metric system of measurement.

    when copper pipe was metricated, the method of measuring it changed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If I follow his argument correctly, then logically we shall need to metricate all other things such as time, for example.
    • Everything from cough mixture to nail varnish is already metricated in the city's pharmacies.
    • The theory offers a novel way to metricate Hofmeister effects and also leads to thermodynamic quantities, which account for the influence of salts.
    • Napoleon Bonaparte started to metricate the world in the early 1800s. Two hundred years later, the US still has problems in following the rest of the world.
    • Imagine - the European Commission might want to harmonise uniforms and cap badges, or even metricate them.
 
 
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