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metric

[ me-trik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.

noun

Often metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
new metrics for gauging an organization’s diversity;
pretty good by any metric.

metric

[ me-trik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to distance:
metric geometry.
metrical.

noun

Mathematics. a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous to those of the distance between points on a real line, as the distance between two points being independent of the order of the points, the distance between two points being zero if, and only if, the two points coincide, and the distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the distances from each point to an arbitrary third point.

-metric

a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -meter ( barometric ) or -metry ( geometric ).

metric

/ ˈ��ɛ�ٰ�ɪ�� /

adjective

of or relating to the metre or metric system
maths denoting or relating to a set containing pairs of points for each of which a non-negative real number ρ( x, y ) (the distance) can be defined, satisfying specific conditions

noun

maths the function ρ( x, y ) satisfying the conditions of membership of such a set (a metric space )

metric

Relating to the meter or the metric system.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of metric¹

1860–65; < French ��é�ٰ��ܱ�, derivative of ��è�ٰ�� meter ¹; -ic

Origin of metric²

1750–60; < Latin metricus < Greek ��ٰ��ó�� of, relating to measuring. See meter ², -ic

Origin of metric³

< Greek -metrikos; meter ², -metry, -ic

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No matter the reasons for the dirt thrown, sales numbers, while a metric for success, cannot tell the entirety of the impact of any piece of art.

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But we were surprised that those three metrics combined to explain nearly half of that variation.

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Based on research by the California Policy Lab at UCLA, it created several metrics for each goal and a specific target for each metric to be achieved by 2030.

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Particle pollution metrics told a similar story, where Los Angeles saw improvement but still had the dubious honor of being the nation’s seventh-most polluted city by that measure.

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The chart below shows each goal and the metrics associated with it.

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metre-kilogram-second metrical

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