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Webster 1913 Edition
Metric
1.
Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
2.
Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit;
as, the
metric
system; a metric
measurement.Metric analysis
(Chem.)
, analysis by volume; volumetric analysis.
– Metric system
, See
metric system
in the vocabulary.