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What is "metricize"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
metricize

"convert to the metric system," 1873, from metric (adj.) + -ize. Related: Metricized; metricizing. Earlier, "to convert to poetic meter" (1850; see metric (n.)).

Wiktionary
metricize

vb. 1 To make metric 2 To introduce metrics into (a process) 3 (context poetry English) To use poetic meter

WordNet
metricize

  1. v. express in the metric system [syn: metricise]

  2. convert from a non-metric to the metric system [syn: metricise, metrify, metricate]

Usage examples of "metricize".

The advantage of metricized units is that it supplies humanity with a unified chronometry that involves little more than deci­mal point shifts.

The advantage of metricized units is that it supplies humanity with a unified chronometry that involves little more than decimal point shifts.