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metric [ˈmetrık] ADJ

metric system N

metric ton N

metric ton → tonne

See also tonne

tonne [tʌn] N, ton, metric ton

tonne [tʌn] N, ton, metric ton

Usage examples with metric

the metric measure

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The characters (or syllables) between the caesuras or end stops can be considered to be a metric foot.
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There are 200 million metric tons of accessible phosphates on earth.
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The other possibility is that the fixed point set is a metric 2-sphere, called bolt.
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Mines output 300,000 metric tons of tin each year.
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Approximately 150000 metric tons were produced in 1999.
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Precise metric odometers have a precision of 1/100 or 1/1000 km, 10 or 1 metre(s) respectively.
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Performance against this metric has been especially poor since mid-2000.
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A common reliability metric is the number of software faults, usually expressed as faults per thousand lines of code.
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Global production in 1999 was approximately 33,000 metric tons.
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Total production amounted to more than 536,000 metric tons of copper and about 100 metric tons of silver.
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