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English word metric comes from Ancient Greek μέτρον, and later Latin metrum (A measure.)
μέτρον (Ancient Greek)
metrum (Latin)
A measure.
metricus (New Latin)
métrique (French)
Metric (relating to metric system).
metric (English)
(transitive, aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process. (mathematics, physics) of or relating to distance. (music) of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.. Of or relating to the metric system of measurement (mathematics) A measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a [...]