Imperial vs. Metric
Imperialadjective
Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
Imperialadjective
Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
Imperialadjective
Very grand or fine.
Imperialadjective
Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
Imperialnoun
A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
Imperialnoun
A printing-paper size measuring 30 by 22 inches.
Imperialnoun
A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
Imperialnoun
Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
Imperialnoun
A crown imperial.
Imperialadjective
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
Imperialadjective
Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
Imperialadjective
Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
Imperialnoun
The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; - so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
Imperialnoun
An outside seat on a diligence.
Imperialnoun
A luggage case on the top of a coach.
Imperialnoun
Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drawing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
Imperialnoun
A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
Imperialnoun
A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
Imperialnoun
A game at cards differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump; also, any one of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
Imperialnoun
a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
Imperialnoun
a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
Imperialadjective
relating to or associated with an empire;
Imperialadjective
befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress;
Imperialadjective
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;
Metricadjective
of or relating to the metric system of measurement
Metricadjective
(music) of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
Metricadjective
of or relating to distance
Metricnoun
A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering)
Metricnoun
(mathematics) A measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .
Metricnoun
(mathematics) a metric tensor
Metricnoun
abbreviation of metric system
Metricverb
To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
Metricadjective
Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
Metricadjective
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.
Metricnoun
a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
Metricnoun
a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds);
Metricnoun
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
Metricadjective
based on the meter as a standard of measurement;
Metricadjective
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
