Definition of metric

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Metric (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..

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Dipody :: Dipody (n.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure..
Hypsometrical :: Hypsometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
Myria- :: Myria- () A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter..
Generation :: Generation (n.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc..
Cylindrometric :: Cylindrometric (a.) Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.
Hexameter :: Hexameter (a.) Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees..
Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..
Barometry :: Barometry (n.) The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
Decalitre :: Decalitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons..
Thermometrical :: Thermometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube..
Poesy :: Poesy (n.) Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Pseudo-symmetric :: Pseudo-symmetric (a.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
Chronometric :: Chronometric (a.) Alt. of Chronometrica.
Asymmetric :: Asymmetric (a.) Alt. of Asymmetrica.
Dynamometrical :: Dynamometrical (a.) Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments..
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae..
Promorphology :: Promorphology (n.) Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology..
Brachiopoda :: Brachiopoda (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle..
Volumetric :: Volumetric (a.) Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume.
Galvanometric :: Galvanometric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer..
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