metrize

American  

[mi-trahyz, me-trahyz] / mɪˈtraɪz, ˈmɛ traɪz /

especially British, metrise

verb (used with object)

Mathematics.

metrized, metrizing

1. to find a metric for (a topological space for which the metric topology is the given topology).

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Other Word Forms

• metrizable
  adjective
• metrization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of metrize

metr(ic) ² + -ize