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View synonyms for metrics

metrics

1

[ me-triks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the science of meter.
  2. the art of metrical composition.


-metrics

2
  1. a combining form with the meaning “the science of measuring” that specified by the initial element:

    biometrics; econometrics.

metrics

/ ˈmɛtrɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular prosody the art of using poetic metre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of metrics1

First recorded in 1895–1900; metric 2, -ics
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Example Sentences

“You are applying Western metrics to someone who is not using that metric against you,” referring to ISIS, Bolger said.

This midterm election has been pretty terrible measured by the metrics that independent/swing voters care about.

They believe in traditional metrics of talent, and are willing to pay for those who measure up.

To put it mildly, Obama has come up short on each of these metrics.

When they were invented, we had no economic metrics, and no reliable way to gauge what was going on.

One of the novelties included in our experiments was the teaching of metrics, hitherto reserved for high schools.

By far the greater part of Gascoigne's treatise is devoted to metrics and to style.

Several terms used in this book have also been taken from German metrics.

He had to go to the Chansons des rues et des bois to enjoy the perfect acrobatics of his metrics.

The second book, Of Proportion, 70 pages, is a treatise on metrics.

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