metric
adjective/ˈmetrɪk/
/ˈmetrɪk/
- based on the metric system
- metric units/measurements/sizes
- British currency went metric in 1971.
- made or measured using the metric system
- These screws are metric.
- (also metrical)connected with the rhythm of a poem, produced by the arrangement of stress on the syllables in each line
Word Originmid 19th cent. (as an adjective relating to length): from French métrique, from mètre, from Greek metron ‘measure’.
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