Metrical vs. Metric
Metricaladjective
relating to poetic meter
Metricaladjective
having a regular rhythm
Metricaladjective
of or pertaining to measurement
Metricaladjective
Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.
Metricaladjective
Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.
Metricaladjective
based on the meter as a standard of measurement;
Metricaladjective
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
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
