metric

metric is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
2. adjective. 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.
3. noun. a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
4. noun. 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"

5. noun. a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
6. adjective. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

   Synonyms: measured, metrical

7. adjective. based on the meter as a standard of measurement

   "the metric system"

   "metrical equivalents"

   Synonyms: metrical

Synonyms

measured, metrical

Common word forms

metrics, metrical, metricise, metricity, metricize

Words from these letters

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