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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ric1 /ˈmɛtrɪk/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- relating to the meter or to the metric system.
See -meter-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ric1 (me′trik),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.
- French métrique, derivative of mètre meter1; see -ic
- 1860–65
- pertaining to distance:metric geometry.
- metrical.
n. - [Math.]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.
- Greek metrikós of, relating to measuring. See meter2, -ic
- Latin metricus
- 1750–60
- Weights and Measuresa combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter (barometric) or -metry (geometric).
- Greek -metrikos; see meter2, -metry, -ic
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metric /ˈmɛtrɪk/ adj - of or relating to the metre or metric system
met•ri•cal /ˈmɛtrɪkəl/USA pronunciation also metric, adj. - Poetryrelating to or composed in meter.
- Weights and Measuresrelating to measurement.
met•ri•cal•ly, adv. See -meter-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•ri•cal (me′tri kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Poetrypertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- Poetrycomposed in meter or verse.
- Weights and Measurespertaining to measurement.
Also, metric. - Late Latin metric(us) (see metric2) + -al1
- 1375–1425; late Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: metrical /ˈmɛtrɪkəl/, metric /ˈmɛtrɪk/ adj - of or relating to measurement
- of or in poetic metre
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