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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).

Other Word Forms

  • metrizable adjective
  • metrization noun

Etymology

Origin of metrize

metr(ic) 2 + -ize

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