Word

metric, n.
(metrics)

a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
<noun.quantity>

metric system of measurement

semantic pointers

hypernym

amount, quantity, measure

hyponym

standard, criterion, measure, touchstone system of weights and measures point system information measure utility Brix scale circular measure board measure Beaufort scale system of weights, weight temperature scale

a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
<noun.quantity>

metric metric unit

sample sentences

"convert all the measurements to metric units"
"it is easier to work in metric"

semantic pointers

hypernym

unit, unit of measurement

hyponym

metric capacity unit metric linear unit metric weight unit, weight unit

a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
<noun.relation>

metric metric function

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mathematics, math, maths physics, natural philosophy

hypernym

function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping