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Measurement. Although metric generally refers to a system of weights and measures, software engineers often use the term as simply "measurement." For example, "is there a metric for this process?" See software metrics.


metric
1. of or relating to the metre or metric system
2. Maths denoting or relating to a set containing pairs of points for each of which a non-negative real number ρ(x, y) (the distance) can be defined, satisfying specific conditions
3. Maths the function ρ(x, y) satisfying the conditions of membership of such a set (a metric space)

metric [′me·trik]
(mathematics)
A real valued “distance” function on a topological spaceXsatisfying four rules: forx, y,andzinX,the distance fromxto itself is zero; the distance fromxtoyis positive ifxandyare different; the distance fromxtoyis the same as the distance fromytox; and the distance fromxtoyis less than or equal to the distance fromxtozplus the distance fromztoy(triangle inequality).

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