Metrication

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

  metrication \met`ri*ca"tion\ (m[e^]t`r[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
     The act or process of converting the standard system of units
     of a country to those of the {metric system}; metrification;
     as, Great Britain has completed its metrification, but the
     United States still resists complete change.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  metrication
       n : the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to
           metric units: meters, grams, seconds [syn: {metrification}]