different between inc vs metric

English

Adjective

inc

1. (chiefly Canada, US) Alternative spelling of Inc
2. (Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of incoming.

Noun

inc

1. (programming) Abbreviation of increment.

Verb

inc

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of increase.
   • 2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary (page 55)

     Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly […]

Anagrams

• -cin, CIN, ICN, NCI, NIC, Nic, nic

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ink, hinc, ?inc, ?ing, hunke, gunc, ?unk, ?ung

Etymology

From Old English inc, dative form of ?it, from Proto-Germanic *inkwiz, dative form of *jut. Initial /j/ is due to the influence of ?it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ink/, /unk/, /jink/, /junk/

Pronoun

inc (nominative ?it)

1. Second-person dual accusative pronoun: you twain, the two of you.
2. (reflexive) your (two) selves.

See also

References

• “ink, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2018.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ink/, [i?k]

Pronoun

inc

1. accusative/dative of ?it: (to) you two

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ince

Etymology

Borrowed from English ink.

Noun

inc m or f (genitive singular ince, plural incean)

1. ink

Synonyms

• dubh

References

• “inc” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English ink.

Noun

inc m (plural inciau)

1. ink

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “inc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t.??k/
• Hyphenation: met?ric

Adjective

metric (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
2. (music) Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
3. (mathematics, physics) Of or relating to distance.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

metric (plural metrics or metrices)

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

2. (mathematics) 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": ${\displaystyle d(x,y)\geq 0}$, (2) "identity of indiscernibles": ${\displaystyle d(x,y)=0{\mbox{ iff }}x=y}$, (3) "symmetry": ${\displaystyle d(x,y)=d(y,x)}$, and (4) "triangle inequality": ${\displaystyle d(x,y)\leq d(x,z)+d(z,y)}$.
3. (mathematics) A metric tensor.
4. Abbreviation of metric system.

Synonyms

• measure
• (mathematics): distance function

Hyponyms

• (mathematics): Euclidean metric, Hausdorff metric, spacetime metric, uniform metric, ultrametric

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

metric (third-person singular simple present metrics, present participle metricking, simple past and past participle metricked)

1. (transitive, aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

See also

• meter
• avoirdupois

References

• metric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• metric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• metric in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• A Course in Metric Geometry, American Mathematical Soc., 2001, ?ISBN, page 1

Friulian

Adjective

metric

1. metric

Romanian

Etymology

From French métrique.

Adjective

metric m or n (feminine singular metric?, masculine plural metrici, feminine and neuter plural metrice)

1. metric
2. metrical

Declension

Further reading

• metric in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)