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Noun: metrification
  1. The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
    "The country's metrification process took several years to complete";
    - metrication
     
  2. Writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
    "The poet's metrification of the ancient legend gave it a rhythmic quality"

Derived forms: metrifications

Type of: authorship, change, composition, penning, writing

Encyclopedia: Metrification