metrics

Metrics is defined as the science of measuring, or a set of measurements that help you evaluate results.

(noun)

An example of metrics is econometrics, measuring in the field of economics.
An example of metrics is the number of people who came to a store as a result of seeing the store's television ad.

The definition of metrics is the use of timing and rhythm in poems or verse.

(noun)

An example of metrics is the study of how rhythm is used in a short poem.

See metrics in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the science or art of writing in meter

See metrics in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun (used with a sing. verb)

The use or study of metrical structures in verse; prosody.

suffix

The application of statistics and mathematical analysis to a specified field of study: econometrics.

Origin:

Origin: From metric²

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