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Definition of Metric unit
1. Noun. A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds). "It is easier to work in metric"
Generic synonyms: Unit, Unit Of Measurement
Specialized synonyms: Metric Capacity Unit, Metric Linear Unit, Metric Weight Unit, Weight Unit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metric Unit
Literary usage of Metric unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metric Fallacy: An Investigation of the Claims Made for the Metric by Frederick Arthur Halsey, Samuel Sherman Dale (1920)
"Dr. William C. Wells, Chief Statistician of the Pan-American Union, claims the
French aune as a metric unit because it has been standardized at 120 ..."
2. The Metric System of Weights and Measures: An Address Delivered Before the by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1872)
"The metric unit of weight in commerce is the kilogramme ; in analytic chemistry
... The metric unit for dry measure is the hectolitre ; for liquid measure, ..."
3. Metric System of Weights and Measures by John Pickering Putnam (1874)
"The metric unit of weight hi commerce is the kilogramme; ... The metric unit for
dry measure is the hectoliter; for liquid measure it is the liter; ..."
4. Chippewa Music by Frances Densmore (1913)
"Table 20 shows the metric unit of the voice, the indication being ... The metric
unit is particularly slow in songs of controlled excitement (see No. 30). ..."
5. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"The term "metric unit" is applied to one note which has been accepted as the
standard of value. I have applied the term "metric unit " elsewhere ..."
6. Biomass Energy: A Glossary of Terms edited by Craig L. Chase (1998)
"... Joule: A metric unit of work or energy; the energy produced by a force of one
newton operating through a distance of one meter; one joule per second ..."
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