Definitionen
1.AdjectiveOf or relating to the metric system of measurement.
2.AdjectiveOf or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
3.AdjectiveOf or relating to distance.
4.NounA measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering)."What metric should be used for performance evaluation?; What are the most important metrics to track for your business?; It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.; How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.; There is a lack of standard metrics."
5.NounA function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function
d
{\displaystyle d}
on
M
×
M
{\displaystyle M\times M}
, where
M
{\displaystyle M}
is a set, is called a metric if (1)
d
(
x
,
y
)
=
0
{\displaystyle d(x,y)=0}
if and only if
x
=
y
{\displaystyle x=y}
, (2)
d
(
x
,
y
)
=
d
(
y
,
x
)
{\displaystyle d(x,y)=d(y,x)}
for all pairs
(
x
,
y
)
{\displaystyle (x,y)}
, and (3)
d
{\displaystyle d}
obeys the triangle inequality.
6.NounA metric tensor.
7.NounAbbreviation of metric system.
8.VerbTo measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process."We need to metric the status of software documentation.; We need to metric the verification of requirements.; We need to metric the system failures.; The project manager is metricking the closure of the action items.; Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department."