英语词汇“metricate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

metre¹ or (US) meter /mēˈtər/

noun

A base SI unit, the unit of length (symbol m), orig intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from pole to equator

Later the distance between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar kept in Paris

Currently defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of a specific fraction of a second

By British Act of Parliament (1963) 1 yard equals 0.9144 metre

ORIGIN: Fr mètre, from Gr metron measure

metric /metˈrik/ adjective

Relating to the metre, or to the metric system

metˈrically adverb

metˈricate transitive verb and intransitive verb

To convert or change to the metric system

metricāˈtion noun

meˈtre-kilˈogram-secˈond adjective

Relating to a system of scientific units for length, mass and time (abbrev MKS), now largely superseded by the SI

meˈtre-kilˈogram-secˈond-amˈpere adjective

Relating to the Giorgi system of scientific units for length, mass, time and current (abbrev MKSA)

metric hundredweight see under hundred

metric system noun

The SI or any decimal system of weights and measures

metric ton see under tonne

metre1 or (US) meter /mēˈtər/