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  metrics

  noun

  the science of meter.
• -metrics
  -metrics

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

metrics

¹ American  

[me-triks] / ˈmɛ trɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the science of meter.

2. the art of metrical composition.

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-metrics ² American  

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

   biometrics; econometrics.

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metrics British  

/ ˈmɛtrɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) prosody the art of using poetic metre

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Etymology

Origin of metrics¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; see origin at metric ², -ics

Origin of -metrics²

see origin at -metric, -ics

Example Sentences

The report didn’t include specific metrics such as a calcium score, plaque description or ejection fraction, which doctors typically expect.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The National Foundation for Credit Counseling produces a quarterly financial stress forecast that predicts credit-card delinquency risk based on client metrics from credit-counseling groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The company also lifted its fiscal-year guidance for both metrics.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Value investing, what Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett practiced, means finding businesses that are underpriced based on their actual cash flows and profit metrics.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Any system that constricts teachers—holds them to small-bore metrics, punishes them for forces outside their control, discourages their creativity and spontaneity, chips away at their humanity—is a bad system.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove