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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them;
[syn: metric function, metric]

2. a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds);
- Example: "convert all the measurements to metric units"
- Example: "it is easier to work in metric"
[syn: metric unit, metric]

3. a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic;
[syn: system of measurement, metric]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. based on the meter as a standard of measurement;
- Example: "the metric system"
- Example: "metrical equivalents"
[syn: metric, metrical]

2. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables;
[syn: measured, metrical, metric]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metric \Met"ric\ (m[e^]t"r[i^]k), a. [L. metricus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
   m['e]trique. See Meter rhythm.]
   1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by,
      measurement.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of
      measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of
      measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric
      system; a metric measurement.
      [1913 Webster]

   Metric analysis (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric
      analysis.

   Metric system, See metric system in the vocabulary.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metric
    adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the
           metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric,
           metrical]
    2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured,
       metrical, metric]
    n 1: a function of a topological space that gives, for any two
         points in the space, a value equal to the distance between
         them [syn: metric function, metric]
    2: a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on
       meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the
       measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in
       metric" [syn: metric unit, metric]
    3: a system of related measures that facilitates the
       quantification of some particular characteristic [syn:
       system of measurement, metric]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "metric":
   antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent,
   chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic,
   in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural,
   mensurational, mensurative, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic,
   pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative,
   rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic,
   valuational, valuative




The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

software metric
metric

    A measure of software quality which indicates
   the complexity, understandability, testability, description
   and intricacy of code.

   (1994-11-16)