Metric vs Motor - What's the difference?
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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
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
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, title= (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": and , (2) "symmetry": , and (3) "triangle inequality": .
* 2014 , Wikipedia,
To measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.
A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
(lb) A motor car, or automobile.
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*:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor , brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
(lb) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.
(biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move
As nouns the difference between metric and motor
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 motor is engine (mechanical device).As an adjective metric
is of or relating to the metric system of measurement.As a verb metric
is to measure or analyse statistical data concerning the quality or effectiveness of a process.metric
English
(wikipedia metric)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* metric carat * metric level * metric system * metric space * metric structure * contrametric * extrametric * intrametric * metricalNoun
(en noun)- 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.
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 .
- 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
* measureHyponyms
* Euclidean metric * Hausdorff metric * uniform metric * ultrametricDerived terms
* landscape metrics * performance metric * success metricVerb
- 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 * avoirdupoisExternal links
* *motor
English
(wikipedia motor)Alternative forms
* motour (very rare)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* engineDerived terms
* electric motor * linear motor * motorbike * motorcycle * motorcyclist * motorise * motorist * motor oil * motor scooter * motor trade * motor unit * motor vehicle * outboard motor * rocket motor * shaded-pole motorAdjective
(-)- She has excellent motor skills.