Meanings
plural metrications
- countableuncountableA conversion to the use of the metric system; a metrification.
In these days of decimalization and metrication it is a pity that SI units were not used as this will date a very useful little book prematurely.
1971 April 30, “Research by Experiment”, in Nature, volume 230, number 5296, →DOI, page 603Synonyms: metrification, metric conversion
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nounA conversion to the use of the metric system; a metrification.
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nounthe act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
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