metricize

metricize
/me"treuh suyz'/, v.t., metricized, metricizing.
1. to express in terms of the metric system.
2. Math. metrize.
Also, esp. Brit., metricise.
[1870-75; METRIC1 + -IZE]

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  • metricize — (v.) convert to the metric system, 1873, from METRIC (Cf. metric) (adj.) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Metricized; metricizing. Earlier, to convert to poetic meter (1850; see METRIC (Cf. metric) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • metricize — transitive verb ( cized; cizing) Date: 1873 to change into or express in the metric system …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • metricize — verb 1. express in the metric system • Syn: ↑metricise • Hypernyms: ↑translate, ↑transform • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. convert from a non metric to the metric system …   Useful english dictionary

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