metrics
Syllables: met·rics/ˈmɛt.ɹɪks/
metrics is the plural of metric.
metrics is the third-person singular simple present indicative of metric.
Noun
metrics (uncountable)
- The study of metrical verse.
- The statistical analysis of data sets or big data.
- The theory of measurement.
Meaning of metric
Noun
metric (plural metrics)
- A way to measure 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?
- Synonyms:
- measure
- A 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 on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.
- As we shall see, these metrics are constructed from a Green function.2000, Lutz Habermann, Riemannian Metrics of Constant Mass and Moduli Spaces of Conformal Structures
- Synonyms:
- distance function
- A metric tensor.
Words formed from metrics
Phrases with metrics
Questions about metrics
- What does metrics mean?
- Metrics means the study of metrical verse.
- What is metrics the plural of?
- Metrics is the plural of metric.
- What part of speech is metrics?
- Metrics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce metrics?
- Metrics is pronounced /ˈmɛt.ɹɪks/.
Words near metrics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: metrics (page history and authors); metric (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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