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Meaning
Adj
●
Of or
relating
to the
metric system
of measurement.
●
In Music:
Of or
relating
to the
meter
of a piece
of music.
●
In Mathematics & Physics:
Of or
relating
to distance.
Noun
●
A
measure
for something; a means of
deriving
a
quantitative
measurement
or
approximation
for otherwise
qualitative
phenomena
(especially used in engineering).
●
In Mathematics:
A
function
for the
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)>0, (2) "
identity of indiscernibles
": d(x,y)=0
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iffx=y, (3) "symmetry": d(x,y)=d(y,x), and (4) "
triangle inequality
": d(x,y)<d(x,z)+d(z,y).
●
In Mathematics:
A
metric
tensor.
●
Abbreviation of
metric
system.
Verb
●
To
measure
or
analyse
statistical
data
concerning
the quality
or
effectiveness
of a process.
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Origin
metric
English
métrique
French
metricus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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