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Definitions ofmetric

1noun
  • A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).

    Example: "How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness."

  • A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .
  • A metric tensor.
1verb
  • (aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

    Example: "Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department."

1adjective
  • Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
  • Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
  • Of or relating to distance.
1noun
  • The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
  • The modern version of that system, Systeme Internationale d'Unites (International System of Units), or SI system of measurements that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
  • Any variant of that system, that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

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