different between metric vs inches

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)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt??z/
• Hyphenation: inch?es

Noun

inches

1. plural of inch

Verb

inches

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inch

Anagrams

• Chiens, chines, chinse, niches

Portuguese

Verb

inches

1. Second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of inchar
2. Second-person singular (tu) negative imperative of inchar