Definition

1. 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

1. convert from a non-metric to the metric system
2. express in the metric system