Metric

a.	1.	Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
	2.	Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. Metric analysis (Chem.) analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. Metric system See metric system in the vocabulary.

Noun	1.	metric - a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them Synonyms: metric function
	2.	metric - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric" Synonyms: metric unit
	3.	metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic Synonyms: system of measurement
Adj.	1.	metric - based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents" Synonyms: metrical
	2.	metric - the rhythmic arrangement of syllables Synonyms: measured, metrical

metric - software metric

antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent, chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic, in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative, rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic, valuational, valuative