HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of METRIC products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | metric, metrical | Based on the meter as a standard of measurement |
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| 2 | metric, measured, metrical | The rhythmic arrangement of syllables | |
| NOUN | 1 | metric, metric function | A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them |
| 2 | metric, metric unit | A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) | |
| 3 | metric, system of measurement | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic |
| Sounds | meh'trihk |
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| Rhymes | academic, acerbic, acetic, and 708 more rhymes in ihk... |
| Meaning | Based on the meter as a standard of measurement. |
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| Examples | "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents" |
| Synonyms | metrical |
| Nouns | meter |
| Meaning | The rhythmic arrangement of syllables. |
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| Synonyms | measured, metrical |
| Similar to | rhythmical, rhythmic |
| Category | prosody, metrics |
| Nouns | meter |
| Meaning | A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them. |
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| Synonyms | metric function |
| Category | mathematics, math, maths; physics, physical science, natural philosophy |
| Broader | function, mathematical function |
| Meaning | A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds). |
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| Examples | "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric" |
| Synonyms | metric unit |
| Broader | unit of measurement, unit |
| Narrower | metric capacity unit; metric linear unit; metric weight unit, weight unit |
| Meaning | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic. |
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| Synonyms | system of measurement |
| Broader | measure, quantity, amount |
| Narrower | system of weights and measures; point system; information measure; utility; Brix scale; circular measure; board measure; Beaufort scale; system of weights, weight; temperature scale |
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