Science
- Metric (general relativity), the fundamental object of study in general relativity similar to the gravitational field in Newtonian physics
- The metric system of measurement
- International System of Units, or Système International (SI), the modern form of the metric system
- Metric ton, a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kg
- METRIC a model that uses Landsat satellite data to compute and map evapotranspiration (ET) in climatology/meteorology
- Metrical phonology, a theory of stress or prominence of speech units in linguistics
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“Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.”
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