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metric

1. met.ric \'me-trik\ n pl  1: a part of prosody that deals with metrical 
   structure  2: a standard of measurement 
2. metric or met.ri.cal \-tri-k*l\ \-tri-k(*-)le-\ aj : of, relating to, or 
   based on the meter as a standard of measurement  - met.ri.cal.ly av