Metric

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metric
       adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric
              system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: {metrical}]
       2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: {measured}, {metrical}]
       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}]
       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}]
       3: a system of related measures that facilitates the
          quantification of some particular characteristic [syn: {system
          of measurement}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  metric
       
          {software metric}