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or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. Metric analysis (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. -- Metric system, a system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countrie…

See Metric, a.

A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.

Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.

In a metrical manner.

A composer of verses. [Obs.]

Pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.

Of or pertaining to aërometry; as, aërometric investigations.

Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure.

Same as Alcoholometer, Alcoholometric.

Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.

Of or pertaining to anemometry.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.

Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.

Pertaining to anthropometry.

Pertaining to, or measured by, an areometer.

Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical. Huxley.

Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.

By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations.

Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.