metrics
the science of meter.
the art of metrical composition.
Origin of metrics
1Words Nearby metrics
Other definitions for -metrics (2 of 2)
a combining form with the meaning “the science of measuring” that specified by the initial element: biometrics; econometrics.
Origin of -metrics
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How to use metrics in a sentence
The integration allows business owners and advertisers to upload products to Google, create free listings and ad campaigns and understand their performance metrics post-sale.
New GoDaddy integration lets merchants easily show inventory across Google | Carolyn Lyden | July 13, 2021 | Search Engine LandA study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business shows that getting a higher score on ESG issues is based on the number of metrics companies disclose, not even their quality.
More disclosure is not the answer to corporate diversity shortfalls | Alison Taylor | June 30, 2021 | QuartzAlong with the new workflow, the company is also launching a simplified campaign metrics dashboard.
Google is pushing hard to make it easier to create ads; Tuesday’s daily brief | George Nguyen | June 22, 2021 | Search Engine LandFaster is better, which typically means lower metrics evaluations are better.
Google changes Core Web Vitals metrics; How to use lab and field data for optimization | Detlef Johnson | June 8, 2021 | Search Engine LandOver the years, Insider’s measurement system has been modified and gone through iterations, according to Carlson, including moving away from being solely focused on page views to incorporating a subscription metrics model.
“You are applying Western metrics to someone who is not using that metric against you,” referring to ISIS, Bolger said.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis midterm election has been pretty terrible measured by the metrics that independent/swing voters care about.
Yes, Independent Swing Voters Are Real. And May Decide Who Wins Elections | Linda Killian | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey believe in traditional metrics of talent, and are willing to pay for those who measure up.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV | Ted Gioia | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo put it mildly, Obama has come up short on each of these metrics.
‘Downton Abbey’ Democrats May Cost their Party the Senate | Lloyd Green | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen they were invented, we had no economic metrics, and no reliable way to gauge what was going on.
Don’t Trust the Economic Numbers That Govern Our World | Zachary Karabell | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the novelties included in our experiments was the teaching of metrics, hitherto reserved for high schools.
Montessori Elementary Materials | Maria MontessoriBy far the greater part of Gascoigne's treatise is devoted to metrics and to style.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance | Donald Lemen ClarkSeveral terms used in this book have also been taken from German metrics.
A History of English Versification | Jakob SchipperHe had to go to the Chansons des rues et des bois to enjoy the perfect acrobatics of his metrics.
Against The Grain | Joris-Karl HuysmansThe second book, Of Proportion, 70 pages, is a treatise on metrics.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance | Donald Lemen Clark
British Dictionary definitions for metrics
/ (ˈmɛtrɪks) /
(functioning as singular) prosody the art of using poetic metre
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