Verb: metricize 'me-tri,sIz
- Express in the metric system
"They metricized all measurements in the scientific paper";
- metricise [Brit]
- Convert from a non-metric to the metric system
"The engineering team had to metricize all the old blueprints";
- metricise [Brit], metrify, metricate
Derived forms: metricizing, metricized, metricizes
Type of: change over, convert, transform, translate