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Answer for the clue "The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units meters, grams, seconds ", 13 letters:
metrification

Word definitions for metrification in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metrification \Met`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. Composition in metrical form; versification. [R.] --Tennyson. The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the metric system; metrication.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. writing a metrical composition (or the metrical strucutre of a composition) the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds [syn: metrication ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 composition in metrical form; versification. 2 (context US Canada English) metrication

Usage examples of metrification.

I buckled down to work on Metrification, devising a program that would convert American to the metric standard, no easy task.

I signed the Omnibus Infrastructural Metrification Educational Assistance Act.

I was working on a Metrification pep talk I had to give at the National Bureau of Weights and Standards when the door opened and Feels walked in.