John Kilopascal asked in USMA 21397:
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>What does "metrics" have to do with SI or metrication?


My Shorter Oxford English Dictionary does not have the word, my Funk and
Wagnalls New Practical Standard Dictionary of 1955 gives:

"metrics *noun* 1. The mathematical theory of measurement. 2. The science
or art of metrical composition."






Joseph B.Reid
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