How to Pronounce Metrics

To pronounce "metrics", say METR-ics — 2 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.

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💡 Tip for remembering “metrics”

"metrics" has 2 syllables: metr-ics. It rhymes with econometrics and geometrics, if that helps it stick.

What does metrics mean?

noun

  1. A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).

    “How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.”

  2. A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .

verb

  1. (aerospace, systems engineering) To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.

    “Customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department.”

noun

  1. The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
  2. The modern version of that system, Systeme Internationale d'Unites (International System of Units), or SI system of measurements that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.

Synonyms

distance functionmeasureSImetric

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Words that rhyme with metrics

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econometricsgeometricsobstetricsalphametricsdatametrics

Related words

measuredmetricalrhythmicalrhythmicfiguresmeasurementstatisticsparameter

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How many syllables are in "metrics"?▾

"Metrics" has 2 syllables: metr · ics.

What does "metrics" mean?▾

Metrics: A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).

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