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Verb: metricise  'me-tri,sIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: metricize)
  1. Express in the metric system
    "They metricised all measurements in the scientific paper";
    - metricize
     
  2. Convert from a non-metric to the metric system
    "The engineering team had to metricise all the old blueprints";
    - metricize, metrify, metricate

Derived forms: metricised, metricises, metricising

Type of: change over, convert, transform, translate