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- [me-triks]
- /ˈmɛ trɪks/
- /ˈmetrɪks/
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- [me-triks]
- /ˈmɛ trɪks/
Definitions of metrics word
- noun metrics Mathematics. a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous to those of the distance between points on a real line, as the distance between two points being independent of the order of the points, the distance between two points being zero if, and only if, the two points coincide, and the distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the distances from each point to an arbitrary third point. 1
- adjective metrics pertaining to distance: metric geometry. 1
- abbreviation METRICS metrical. 1
- noun metrics The use or study of poetic meters; prosody. 1
- noun metrics the art of using poetic metre 0
- noun metrics the science or art of writing in meter 0
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Origin of metrics
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; See origin at metric2, -ics
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Parts of speech for Metrics
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metrics popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
metrics usage trend in Literature
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noun metrics
- poem — a composition in verse, especially one that is characterized by a highly developed artistic form and by the use of heightened language and rhythm to express an intensely imaginative interpretation of the subject.
- poetry — the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- versification — the act of versifying.
Antonyms for metrics
noun metrics
- prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
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