metric
noun/ˈmetrɪk/
/ˈmetrɪk/
- metrics[plural] a set of numbers or statistics used for measuring something, especially results that show how well a business, school, computer program, etc. is doing
- Companies are scored on key financial metrics.
- There are a lot of different metrics on which to gauge success.
- Education is being reduced to a regime of tests, performance metrics and literacy programmes.
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- [uncountable] (informal) the metric system
- Being from Europe, I find metric easy to use.
- in metric It's easier to work in metric.
- metrics[plural] the use or study of metre in poetry
Word Originmid 19th cent. (as an adjective relating to length): from French métrique, from mètre, from Greek metron ‘measure’.
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