Pat & all, sirs:
>> I recall that, a few weeks ago, we discussed the fact that the word >
>> 'metric' derives from the word 'metre' and that it is properly used > when
>> it is applied in the sense used by Encarta:>> > metrics> > met·rics n> > the
>> art of using meter in poetry (takes a singular verb)My submission to this
>> list a review of this word - METRIC, relate purely to the advantage of
Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI) that it should be used and understood
to mean
if & only if it related to Length Unit - METRE - as I have been advocating in
my posts since early 2002 on this list!
I have often taken this stand since I had my base document published through
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be linked to avoid double coinfusion persisting among experts & professionals,
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(M)001(201)962-3708(when in US)> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:19:29 -0700> From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:40788] Re: metric> To: [email protected]> >
One sense of the word "metric" comes to us via "metre", but that may not be the
only etymology. > An alternate definition seems to have a more direct
relationship to the Latin and Greek and a more> general meaning. From
dictionary.com (and note the "Origin:" line at the end):> > met·ric2 Audio Help
/ˈmɛtrɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled>
Pronunciation[me-trik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation> –adjective>
1. pertaining to distance: metric geometry.> 2. metrical.> –noun> 3.
Mathematics. a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous to
those of the> distance between points on a real line, as the distance between
two points being independent of> the order of the points, the distance between
two points being zero if, and only if, the two> points coincide, and the
distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the>
distances from each point to an arbitrary third point.> [Origin: 1750–60; < L
metricus < Gk metrikós of, relating to measuring. See meter2, -ic] > > --- Pat
Naughtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > Dear All,> > > > I recall that, a few
weeks ago, we discussed the fact that the word > > 'metric' derives from the
word 'metre' and that it is properly used > > when it is applied in the sense
used by Encarta:> > > > metric> > met·ric adj> > 1. relating to or using the
metric system of measurement> > > > However, at this web site,
http://www.metricmatters.net/ it appears > > that the site's proponents have no
idea of the existence of the word > > 'metre' at all, let alone its common use
as one of the base unit of > > the world's best measuring system.> > > > By the
way, Encarta defines 'metrics' with a single definition:> > > > metrics> >
met·rics n> > the art of using meter in poetry (takes a singular verb)> > > >
Cheers,> > > > Pat Naughtin> > > > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,> > Geelong,
Australia> > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008> > > > Metric system consultant, writer, and
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