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verb
To express physical quantities using the metric system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To convert to the use of the metric system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: metrify
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verb
convert from a non-metric to the metric system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: metricize, metricise, metrify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convert, change over
History
Etymology tree English metric Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English metricate From metric + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
