Metrics - Science

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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