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METRIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metrification mean?
• METRIFICATION (noun)
The noun METRIFICATION has 2 senses:
1. writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
2. the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
Familiarity information: METRIFICATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("metrification" is a kind of...):
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Derivation:
metrify (compose in poetic meter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
metrication; metrification
Hypernyms ("metrification" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
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