- (a.) Relating to measurement; involving or proceeding by, measurement.
- (a.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "metric" 27 May 2011. Web. 25 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/metric/definitions/2032418> |