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unmetric

unmetric adjective: not according to the metric system.

Adjective

unmetric (not comparable)

  1. Not according to the metric system.
    • […] one who uses those [coins] of France, which are unmetric and under the condemnation of the men of science not only of the United States and England but of France and the entire continent.1870, The Congressional Globe, page 283
    • Monsieur Hospitalier also remarked that (in France) it was customary to employ, in certain computations, unmetric units which complicate the work.1897, American Chamber of Commerce in France, Bulletin (issues 3-43, page 13)

Origin of unmetric

From un- + metric.

Questions about unmetric

What does unmetric mean?
Unmetric means not according to the metric system.
What part of speech is unmetric?
Unmetric is an adjective.

Words near unmetric in the dictionary

  1. unmethylated
  2. unmethylation
  3. unmeticulous
  4. unmeticulously
  5. unmeticulousness
  6. unmetric
  7. unmetrical
  8. unmetricality
  9. unmetrically
  10. unmetropolitan
  11. unmew

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