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metricism

metricism noun: the use of the metric system.

Noun

metricism (uncountable)

  1. The use of the metric system.
    • Thus the literature of metricism is second only to that of socialism, single taxism, and of other fallacies which never lack adherents and advocates.quoted in 1971, Charles F. Treat, A History of the Metric System Controversy in the United States (page 209)

Origin of metricism

From metric + -ism.

Questions about metricism

What does metricism mean?
Metricism means the use of the metric system.
What part of speech is metricism?
Metricism is a noun.

Words near metricism in the dictionary

  1. metricisation
  2. metricise
  3. metricised
  4. metricises
  5. metricising
  6. metricism
  7. metricist
  8. metricists
  9. metricities
  10. metricity
  11. metricization

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