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Pronunciation
IPA|�m�tɹɪk, SAMPA|"mEtrIk
Hyphenation: met·ric

Etymology
From F. métrique (1864).

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. of or relating to the metric system of measurement
2. music of or relating to a even-note pattern or rhythmic unit which coincides with the pulses on a metric level. (DeLone? et. al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 3) rfc|music definition needs rewritten because the current one is copyrighted

Related terms
contrametric
extrametric
intrametric

References
DeLone? et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465. Ch. 3.

Translations
trans-top|metric system
Finnish: metrinen
French: métrique
German: metrisch
Italian: metrico
trans-mid
Latin: metricus
Russian: ме��и�е�кий (m'etrí�eskij)
Swedish: metrisk
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trans-top|even-note pattern
Italian: metrico
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
ttbc|Latin: metricus
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|�تر�ک (metrik)
ttbc|Spanish: métrico

Noun
en-noun

1. a measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (esp. used in Software Engineering)
2. algebra A measurement of the distance between two points in some metric space; e.g. the Euclidean metric (sqrt(x² + y² + z²) in 3 dimensions).

Translations
trans-top|measure
French: métrique
trans-mid
Italian: metrica f
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trans-top|algebra
Czech: metrika f
Finnish: metriikka
French: métrique
Hungarian: metrika (2)
trans-mid
Italian: metrica f
Russian: ме��ика (m'étrika) f
Swedish: metrik
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See also
avoirdupois

Category:Greek derivations

ko:metric
io:metric
id:metric
pl:metric
ru:metric
fi:metric
vi:metric
zh:metric

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