📏 To use metric units 📝 To write in meter

to metrify

9.9

Change measurements like inches or pounds into meters and grams

verb
/ˈmɛtrɪfaɪ/

Specialized

: metrificar

To enhance accuracy, the team decided to metrify the recipe, converting all ingredients to grams.

So power once we all became metrified you, you can think of it in terms of watts.

Examples

So power once we all became metrified you, you can think of it in terms of watts.

StarTalk
So power once we all became metrified you, you can think of it in terms of watts.

StarTalk
The engineer had to metrify the measurements of the old building to ensure compliance with modern standards.
Before publishing the report, they will metrify the data from the imperial system to the metric system.

Synonyms

to metricate

vsto metrify

Specialized

9.1

Change measurements so they use meters, kilograms, and liters

is the same action but expressed by a different verb form

to metricize

vsto metrify

Specialized

8.6

To convert measurements to metric units like meters or grams

means converting specifically from non-metric units rather than simply expressing values

Surface Forms

metrify infinitive

metrified past

metrified past participle

metrifying present participle

metrifies third person singular

Morphology

metrify = metric (transparent) = metri + ify

Formed by the productive verb-forming suffix '-ify' applied to 'metric', so the meaning 'make/convert to metric' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word metrify comes from the root metr- and the Greek word metron meaning 'measure', the same root in meter and metric. So to metrify something is to change it into the 'metric' way of measuring.