Metric vs. Metre

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

Metrenoun

The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.

Metrenoun

The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.

Metreverb

alternative spelling of meter

Metreverb

To put into metrical form.

Metrenoun

See Meter.

Metrenoun

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

Metrenoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Metrenoun

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

Metre

The metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, , and cognate with Sanskrit mita, meaning ) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.