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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

This past week, the Squeeze Metrics Gamma Index, which measures the dollar value of option dealers’ exposure to the call options they have sold to clients, hit its highest level since 2021.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Morgan Linton, the co-founder and CTO of AI startup Bold Metrics and an avid Perplexity Computer user, said it’s rare for a single AI prompt to generate anything close to what Bloomberg does.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"Metrics show #Iran remains offline as the country wakes to another day of digital darkness," said Netblocks in a post on X.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Study author Dr Jonathan Mosser, from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, in the United States, says large numbers of children remain under-vaccinated and un-vaccinated.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

Metrics, which occupies so large a place in modern treatises on the theory of poetry, Aristotle likewise mentions several times, but does not discuss.

From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Clark, Donald Lemen