'metrication' definitions:
Definition of 'metrication'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds [syn: metrification, metrication]
Definition of 'metrication'
From: GCIDE
- metrication \met`ri*ca"tion\ (m[e^]t`r[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the metric system; metrification; as, Great Britain has completed its metrification, but the United States still resists complete change. [PJC]
Words containing 'metrication'
- Metric,
- Metrical,
- Metrically,
- metricate,
- metricize,
- metrics,
- Metric analysis,
- Metric system,
- Metric ton,
- metric function,
- metric grain,
- metric hundredweight,
- metric space,
- metric unit,
- metrical foot,
- metrical unit,
- Electro-metric,
- Electro-metrical,
- metric capacity unit,
- metric linear unit,
- metric weight unit,
- non-metric