Word.ws English Dictionary

metrification

metrification noun: a composition in metrical form; a versification.

Noun

metrification (countable and uncountable, plural metrifications)

  1. A composition in metrical form; a versification.
    • Should I flounder awhile without a tumble / Thro' this metrification of Catullus, […]1864, Alfred Tennyson, “[Experiments.] In Quantity. Milton. Hendecasyllabics.”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 175
  2. (Canada, US) A metrication.

Forms of metrification

pluralmetrifications

Words formed from metrification

Questions about metrification

What does metrification mean?
Metrification means a composition in metrical form; a versification.
What part of speech is metrification?
Metrification is a noun.
What is the plural of metrification?
The plural of metrification is metrifications.

Words near metrification in the dictionary

  1. metrics
  2. metridiid
  3. metridiids
  4. metridinid
  5. metridinids
  6. metrification
  7. metrifications
  8. metrified
  9. metrifier
  10. metrifiers
  11. metrifies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: metrification (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “metrification.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/metrification. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.