METRICIZE

metricize, metricise, metrify, metricate

(verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system

metricize, metricise

(verb) express in the metric system

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

metricize (third-person singular simple present metricizes, present participle metricizing, simple past and past participle metricized)

To make metric

To introduce metrics into (a process)

(poetry) To use poetic meter

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WHOLE

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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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