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/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

noun 4adj 3verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

dead, dusty, imperial, important, most, non-metric, non-metric, sensible

The old imperial system was dusty metric history until the company finally converted.

VERB + METRIC

collected, know, make, need, passed, propelled, running, switch

We need to make a metric that accurately measures customer satisfaction across all departments.

METRIC + NOUN

builders, calculations, cleaner, numbers, skylab, status, system, ton

The builders used metric calculations to ensure the new office building met all safety standards.

PREP.

from, in, into, on, since, unlike

The company has been measuring success in metric tons of waste reduced annually.

ADV.

almost, always, approximately

The company almost metric tons of waste every single year from its factories.

Definitions

adj

Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

But the red planet has been a graveyard for Russian, European and American missions, including an embarrassing 1999 NASA fail caused when a computer, running on metric numbers, and engineers, dealing in nonmetric numbers, got their signals crossed.

Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.

Of or relating to distance.

noun

A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).

What metric should be used for performance evaluation?

What are the most important metrics to track for your business?

A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and on

As we shall see, these metrics are constructed from a Green function.

A metric tensor.

Abbreviation of metric system.

verb

To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

We need to metric the status of software documentation.

We need to metric the verification of requirements.

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Synonyms

adjective — the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

adjective — based on the meter as a standard of measurement

metrical

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But the red planet has been a graveyard for Russian, European and American missions, including an embarrassing 1999 NASA fail caused when a computer, running on metric numbers, and engineers, dealing

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What metric should be used for performance evaluation?

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What are the most important metrics to track for your business?

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It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.

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We need to metric the status of software documentation.

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We need to metric the verification of requirements.

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