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  1. adjective Of or relating to the meter or the metric system: U.S. Customary units and their metric equivalents.
  2. noun A standard of measurement.
  3. noun Mathematics A geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space.
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  • Enter the name of the metric, a description, choose a category either by selecting a pre-defined one or by entering a new one, choose the data type for the metric and press the create button. —  Dashboard RSS Feed
  • This metric is an indicator of the market's stability - the higher the number, the more chips are being ordered (book) in relation to those having been shipped and invoiced (bill). —  The Register
  • It further implies that the action for the metric, the gauge potentials and the Higgs scalar is coded in the spectrum of the covariant Dirac operator. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • If they used durations as their metric, they'd probably have spent that time implementing a neat new feature, or responding to customer feedback. —  The Rails Way - Home
  • Perception: This metric is about tracking seniment - what people are saying about you. —  Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
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  1. French métrique, from mètre, meter; see meter2.
  2. From Latin metricus, relating to measurement; see metrical.
  3. Greek (hē) metrikē (tekhnē), (the art) of meter, feminine of metrikos, relating to measurement; see metrical.

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  1. from New Latin metricus, from Greek μετρικός, taken in the literally sense ‘pertaining to measure,’ from μέτρον, measure: see meter, and cf. metric, metric.
  2. I. a. = French métrique = Spanish métrico = Portuguese Italian metrico (cf. Dutch metriek, metrisch = German metrisch = Danish Swedish metrisk), from Latin metricus, from Greek μετρικός, pertaining to meter (of verse), from μέτρον, meter: see meter. II. n. = French métrique = Spanish métrica = Portuguese Italian metrica = G. Danish Swedish metrik, from New Latin metrica, from Greek μετρική, (sc. τέχνη), the art of meter, prosody, feminine of μετρικός, pertaining to meter: see above.
  3. from French métrique (= Spanish métrico = Portuguese Italian metrico (after F.), from New Latin metricus, pertaining to the system based on the meter, from metrum, a meter: see meters, and cf. metric, metric.
 

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