metric
/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the metric system of measurement.
adj
Of or relating to measurement by meters or by metrics.
adj
Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
noun
A way to measure something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
noun
noun
A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.
noun
Example Sentences
- "But the red planet has been a graveyard for Russian, European and American missions, including an embarrassing 1999 NASA fail caused when a computer, running on metric numbers, and engineers, dealing in nonmetric numbers, got their signals crossed."
- "This model is a basic framework for organizations to assess their current state and plan improvements in their Organizational resilience metric capabilities. Each level builds on the capabilities established in previous levels, aiming for continuous improvement and integration of resilience metrics into broader organizational practices. The intention of this model is to keep it aligned with Organizational Resilience Maturity Models while focusing on metric maturity."
- "What metric should be used for performance evaluation?"
- "What are the most important metrics to track for your business?"
- "It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance."
- "How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: métrique, metricus