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metric

adjective
  1. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
    measured
  2. based on the meter as a standard of measurement
    “the metric system”
    metrical
noun
  1. a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
    system of measurement
  2. a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
    “convert all the measurements to metric units”
    metric unit
  3. a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
    metric function