metricize
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Definition
- Verb:
- To convert from a non-metric to the metric system: The action of changing measurements, units, or data from a system not based on the meter, kilogram, and second (e.g., the imperial system) to the International System of Units (SI), commonly known as the metric system.
- To express in the metric system: The action of stating, calculating, or representing something using metric units.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- The company decided to metricize its manufacturing specifications to align with global standards.
- Scientists often metricize data from older studies to facilitate modern analysis.
- The recipe was metricized, so all the cups and ounces were converted to grams and milliliters.
Advanced Usage
"Metricizing historical data": The process of converting archival records, such as land deeds in acres or old recipes in pounds, into metric units for contemporary use or analysis.
- The archivist's project involved metricizing a century's worth of engineering blueprints.
"To metricize a process": To adapt an entire procedure or system of measurement to use metric units.
- The laboratory's goal is to completely metricize its testing protocols by the end of the year.
Variants and Related Words
Metrication (n): The process of converting to the metric system.
- The country's metrication was completed over a ten-year period.
Metric (adj): Relating to or based on the metric system.
- The metric units for length are meter, centimeter, and millimeter.
Synonyms
- Convert to metric: To change to the metric system.
- Express metrically: To state something using metric units.
Related Phrases
- To undergo metricization: To be subject to the process of being converted to the metric system.
- The industry will undergo metricization to comply with new international trade agreements.
Verb
- convert from a non-metric to the metric system
- express in the metric system