Metrik — meaning in English

English meaning

• metric adjective Relating to the metric system of measurement, based on units like meters, liters, and grams.
• metrics noun The study of the rhythm and pattern of poetry.

Senses

Metrik is used for these senses in English:

• metric A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
• metric (analysis) 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 \times 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.
• metrics study of metrical verse

metric — full definition

1. adjective Relating to the metric system of measurement, based on units like meters, liters, and grams.
2. noun A standard of measurement used to evaluate performance or quality.

metrics — full definition

1. noun The study of the rhythm and pattern of poetry.
2. noun The use of statistics to analyze data, especially large data sets.
3. noun The branch of study concerned with how things are measured.

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