metric

Meaning of metric

noun
  1. A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
    How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.
  2. A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .
  3. A metric tensor.
verb
  1. (aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
    Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
  2. Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
  3. Of or relating to distance.
noun
  1. The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
  2. The modern version of that system, Systeme Internationale d'Unites (International System of Units), or SI system of measurements that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
  3. Any variant of that system, that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

Information about metric

  • The plural form of metric is: metrics.
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Hyphenation of metric

met-ric

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • metric is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

metric synonyms

Meaning metrical:

metrical

Meaning measured:

measured, metrical

Meaning :

measure

Translation of metric

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