metrification

Definitions of metrification
  1. noun
    the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
    synonyms: metrication
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    type of:
    change
    the action of changing something
  2. noun
    writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
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    type of:
    authorship, composition, penning, writing
    the act of creating written works
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