2002-07-28 When the term "metrics" appears in some articles, it is usually associated with something other than SI, the metric system (no plural "s") or metrication.
The point was to get people, at least the ones who use this list and should know better, to stop using the term with the plural ending and just say metric or SI. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-07-28 10:34 Subject: [USMA:21399] Re: Metrication activities > John Kilopascal asked in USMA 21397: > > > >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 > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071 >
