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.
    3. Metric analysis (Chem.),
    analysis by volume; volumetric analysis.
    Metric system ,
    See metric system in the vocabulary.