From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Metric \Met"ric\ (m[e^]t"r[i^]k), adjective [L. metricus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]trique. See {Meter} rhythm.]
1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
2. 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.
{Metric analysis} (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis.
{Metric system}, See {metric system} in the vocabulary.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: {metrical}]
2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: {measured}, {metrical}]
noun
1: a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them [syn: {metric function}]
2: a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric" [syn: {metric unit}]
3: a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic [syn: {system of measurement}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "metric": antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent, chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic, in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative, rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic, valuational, valuative
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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