METRICS Synonyms

• a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

• a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration

• a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)

• a well-known or notable person

• a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

• an amount of money expressed numerically

• the impression produced by a person

• the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

• a decorative or artistic work

• a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating

• judge to be probable

• be or play a part of or in

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• make a mathematical calculation or computation

• understand

• the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

• a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves

• any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data

• based on the meter as a standard of measurement

• the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

• a statute in draft before it becomes law

• the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

• a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

• determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

• express as a number or measure or quantity

• have certain dimensions

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• having notes of fixed rhythmic value

• the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

• carefully thought out in advance

• unhurried and with care and dignity

• based on the meter as a standard of measurement

• a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

• a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)

• a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

• the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

• the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization

• a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)

• a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

• a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

• a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)

• a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic