metrics Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
   prosody.
   
2. noun a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
   metric function; metric.
   
3. noun a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
   metric unit; metric.
   
   • convert all the measurements to metric units
   • it is easier to work in metric
4. noun a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
   metric; system of measurement.
   

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