Verb: metricise 'me-tri,sIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: metricize)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: metricize)
- Express in the metric system
"They metricised all measurements in the scientific paper";
- metricize
- 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