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Words with a similar base: metric, metric_function, metric_unit, metrical

'metric'

[metric_function.n.01] as in: a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

'metric'

[metric_unit.n.01] as in: a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)

Examples:
convert all the measurements to metric units
it is easier to work in metric

'metric'

[system_of_measurement.n.01] as in: a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

'metric'

[metric.a.01] as in: based on the meter as a standard of measurement

Examples:
the metric system
metrical equivalents

'metric'

[measured.s.01] as in: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

Origins

					metric (English)
└── métrique (French)
    └── metricus (Latin)