metrics

Meanings

Noun

• the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
• a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
• a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
• a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

Synonyms

metric, metric function, metric unit, prosody, system of measurement