1. Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
   "the metric system";
   - metrical
    
2. Rhythmically written in meter
   "The poem's metric structure gave it a musical quality";
   - measured, metrical

1. A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
   "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric";
   - metric unit
    
2. A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
   "The International System of Units (SI) is a widely used metric";
   - system of measurement
    
3. (physics) a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
   "The metric function was used to calculate distances in curved space-time";
   - metric function

Derived forms: metrics

See also: rhythmic, rhythmical

Type of: amount, function, map, mapping, mathematical function, measure, quantity, single-valued function, unit, unit of measurement

Encyclopedia: Metric