Metric Definition

mĕtrĭk

adjective

Webster's New World

Of or relating to distance.

American Heritage

Designating or of the system of measurement based on the meter and the gram.

Webster's New World

Of the meter (unit of linear measure)

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

noun

Abbreviation of metric system.

Wiktionary

A standard for measuring or evaluating something; basis for assessment.

A new metric for judging success.

Webster's New World

A geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space.

American Heritage

Poetic meter.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

suffix

Of or relating to measurement.

Volumetric.

American Heritage

verb

(aerospace, systems engineering) 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.

We need to metric the system failures.

The project manager is metricking the closure of the action items.

Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Metric

Singular:

metric

Plural:

From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter"), from metrum (“a meter"); see meter.

From Wiktionary
Greek (hē) metrikē (tekhnē) (the art) of meter feminine of metrikos relating to measurement metrical

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French métrique from mètre meter meter²

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin metricus relating to measurement metrical

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Latin metricus metrical

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition