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In lang=en terms the difference between metric and bench

is that metric is of or relating to the meter of a piece of music while bench is to push the victim back on the person behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.

As nouns the difference between metric and bench

is that metric is a measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in Software Engineering while bench is a long seat, for example, in the park.

As verbs the difference between metric and bench

is that metric is to measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process while bench is to remove a player from play.

As an adjective metric

is of or relating to the metric system of measurement.

metric

English

(wikipedia metric)

Adjective

(-)
  • of or relating to the metric system of measurement
  • (music) of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.
  • (mathematics, physics) Of or relating to distance
  • Derived terms

    * metric carat * metric level * metric system * metric space * metric structure * contrametric * extrametric * intrametric * metrical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in Software Engineering)
  • * 2011 , April 10, Financial Times
  • As for the large number of official statements that Spain is safe, I think they are merely a metric of the complacency that has characterised the European crisis from the start.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric , gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
    What metric should be used for performance evaluation?
    What are the most important metrics to track for your business?
    It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.
    ''How to measure marketing? Use these key metrics for measuring marketing effectiveness.
    There is a lack of standard metrics .
  • (mathematics) A measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d''(''x'',''y'') between points ''x'' and ''y satisfying the following properties: (1) "positive definiteness": d(x,y) \ge 0 and d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (2) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (3) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .
  • * 2014 , Wikipedia,
  • In mathematics, a metric' or distance function is a function that defines a distance between elements of a set. A set with a ' metric is called a metric space.
  • Synonyms

    * measure

    Hyponyms

    * Euclidean metric * Hausdorff metric * uniform metric * ultrametric

    Derived terms

    * landscape metrics * performance metric * success metric

    Verb

  • To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
  • we need to metric the status of software documentation
    we need to metric the verification of requirements
    we need to metric the system failures
    the project manager is metricking the closure of the action items
    customer satisfaction was metricked by the marketing department

    See also

    * meter * avoirdupois

    bench

    English

    (wikipedia bench)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bench, benk, bynk, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (dialectal)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A long seat, for example, in the park.
  • They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
  • (legal) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.
  • They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench .
  • (legal, figuratively) The place where the judges sit.
  • She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
  • (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
  • He spent the first three games on the bench , watching.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=March 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.}}
  • (sports, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
  • Injuries have shortened the bench .
  • A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
  • She placed the workpiece on the bench , inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
  • (weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.
  • * 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii
  • I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.
  • (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall. Description of bench, as part of the benchmark etymology
  • After removing the bench , we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.
  • A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
  • *
  • That number carried his glance to the top of this first bulging bench of cliff-base.
  • (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
  • (UK, Australia, NZ) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
  • A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
  • Derived terms
    * benchmark * bench plane * bench trial * bench warrant * bench-warmer * deacon's bench

    Verb

    (es)
  • (sports) To remove a player from play.
  • They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
  • (figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
  • (slang) To push the victim back on the person behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
  • To furnish with benches.
  • * Dryden
  • 'Twas benched with turf.
  • * Tennyson
  • stately theaters benched crescentwise
  • To place on a bench or seat of honour.
  • * Shakespeare
  • whom I have benched and reared to worship
    Synonyms
    * (sports)

    Etymology 2

    From bench press by shortening.

    Verb

    (es)
  • (transitive, and, intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
  • I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
  • * 1988 , Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", '' ''47 (6): 21.
  • For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.

    Noun

    (benches)
  • (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
  • He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.

    Etymology 3

    See (bentsh).

    Verb

    (es)
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