metricize

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verb

To make metric

Similar
metricisemetrifymetricate
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Meanings

verbmetricize (third-person singular simple present metricizes, present participle metricizing, simple past and past participle metricized)

present singular third person metricizes · participle present metricizing · participle past metricized · past metricized

  1. To make metric
  2. To introduce metrics into (a process)
  3. To represent or measure by a metric
  4. communicationsTo use poetic meter

Synonyms & antonyms

verbexpress in the metric system

Similar
metricise
Broader
translatetransform

verbconvert from a non-metric to the metric system

Similar
metricisemetrifymetricate
Broader
convertchange over
Also see
metricatemetrify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From metric + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

metricize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metricize

MLA

“metricize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metricize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metricize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metricize.

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