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Synonyms: tetric, petric, metic, matric, meric, metria, -metric, metri

Antonyms: tetric, petric, metic, matric, meric, metria, -metric, metri

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Adjective

Of or relating to the [[metric system]] of [[measurement]].
Of or relating to [[measurement]] by [[meter#English:_device that measures|meter]]s or by [[metric#English:_Q17004438|metric]]s.
{{lb|en|music}} Of or relating to the [[meter]] of a piece of music.
{{lb|en|mathematics|physics}} Of or relating to [[distance]].

{{senseid|en|Q17004438}} A way to [[measure#Verb|measure]] something; a means of deriving a [[quantitative]] [[measurement]] or [[approximation]] for otherwise [[qualitative]] [[phenomena]] (especially used in engineering).
{{senseid|en|Q232405}} {{ellipsis of|en|metric system}}.
{{lb|en|analysis}} A [[function]] which [[satisfy|satisfies]] a particular set of [[formal]] conditions, created to [[generalize]] the notion of the [[distance]] between two [[point]]s. Formally, a [[real-valued]] function <math>d</math> on <math>M \times M</math>, where <math>M</math> is a [[set]], is called a metric if (1) <math>d(x,y) = 0</math> [[if and only if]] <math>x=y</math>, (2) <math>d(x,y) = d(y,x)</math> for all pairs <math>(x,y)</math>, and (3) <math>d</math> obeys the [[triangle inequality]].
{{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[metric tensor]].

{{lb|en|transitive|aerospace, systems engineering}} To [[measure]] or [[analyse]] statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a [[process]].

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