Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To change a system of measurement, a set of units, or a specific measurement from a non-metric system (such as the imperial or US customary system) to the metric system (Système International d'Unités, or SI units). This involves converting values and adopting units like meters, liters, grams, and Celsius.

Usage

• The verb metricate is used when describing the official or systematic process of a country, industry, or organization adopting the metric system.
• It often appears in formal, historical, or technical contexts related to policy, engineering, and science.
• The direct object of the verb is the thing being converted (e.g., a country, road signs, machinery).

Examples

• The government passed a law to metricate all road signs within a decade.
• Many scientific fields metricated their standard measurements in the 20th century.
• The factory had to metricate its production machinery to comply with international standards.
• The UK began to metricate in 1965, though the process remains incomplete for some everyday measurements.

Advanced Usage

• Metrication (n): The process or result of metricating. "The metrication of the country's economy was a major undertaking."
• Metricated (adj): Describing something that has been converted to the metric system. "All new textbooks contain only metricated units."

Variants and Related Words

• Convert to metric: A more common, descriptive phrase with the same meaning.
• Metrify: A less common synonym for metricate.

Synonyms

• Convert to metric
• Metrify

Antonyms

• Imperialize (to convert to imperial units, though this is very rare)
• Use customary units

Verb

1. convert from a non-metric to the metric system