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The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units meters, grams, seconds
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metrication
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Wiktionary
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n. conversion to the use of the metric system; metrification
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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metrication \met`ri*ca"tion\ (m[e^]t`r[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the metric system ; metrification; as, Great Britain has completed its metrification, but the United States ...
Wikipedia
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Metrication or metrification is conversion to the metric system of units of measurement . Worldwide, there has been a long process of independent conversions of countries from various local and traditional systems, beginning in France during the 1790s and ...
WordNet
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n. the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds [syn: metrification ]
Usage examples of metrication.
But recalling the nightmare of America's attempt to force metrication on itself, he did not wish it quite enough.