metricadj/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

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  Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

  • But the red planet has been a graveyard for Russian, European and American missions, including an embarrassing 1999 NASA fail caused when a computer, running on metric numbers, and engineers, dealing in nonmetric numbers, got their signals crossed.
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  Of or relating to measurement by meters or by metrics.

  • This model is a basic framework for organizations to assess their current state and plan improvements in their Organizational resilience metric capabilities. Each level builds on the capabilities established in previous levels, aiming for continuous improvement and integration of resilience metrics into broader organizational practices. The intention of this model is to keep it aligned with Organizational Resilience Maturity Models while focusing on metric maturity.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicOf or relating to the meter of a piece of music.

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  mathematicsnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesOf or relating to distance.

metricnoun/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

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  A way to measure something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).

  • What metric should be used for performance evaluation?
  • What are the most important metrics to track for your business?
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  mathematical-analysismathematicssciencesA function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.

  • As we shall see, these metrics are constructed from a Green function.
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  mathematicssciencesA metric tensor.

metricverb/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/

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  aerospacebusinessengineeringTo measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

  • We need to metric the status of software documentation.
  • We need to metric the verification of requirements.

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• metric system