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The correct spelling is metric.
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noun
IPA: /ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
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The correct spelling is metric. A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering). For example: "How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness."
Usage Examples
“How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.”
“Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
- 2.A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .
- 3.A metric tensor.
- 4.The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
- 5.The modern version of that system, Systeme Internationale d'Unites (International System of Units), or SI system of measurements that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
verb
- 1.(aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
adjective
- 1.Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
- 2.Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
- 3.Of or relating to distance.
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