## Meanings
1. A standard for measuring or judging something, especially performance or quality.
2. Relating to the system of measurement based on metres, litres, and grams.
3. A unit of measurement in the metric system.

## Examples
- What metric should we use to measure success?
- Most countries use the metric system.
- Convert all the measurements to metric units.

## Synonyms
- measure

## Derived Forms
- antimetric
- bimetric
- centimetric
- chemometric
- clinicometric
- contrametric
- eumetric
- extrametric
- hemimetric
- heterometric
- hypermetric
- hypometric

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: métrique
- Root: metricus

## Etymology
From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic.

## AI Etymology
Metric comes from French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter. By surface analysis, metre + -ic. In present-day English its meanings include a standard for measuring or judging something, especially performance or quality, relating to the system of measurement based on metres, litres, and grams, and a unit of measurement in the metric system. The historical chain runs through métrique (French) and metricus (la-new). Related and derived forms include antimetric, bimetric, and centimetric.

## Topics
- Mathematics & Measurement

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