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Definition of "metrication" []

  • Conversion to the metric system of weights and measures; metrification. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "metrication" in a sentence
  • "The Australian Metric Conversion Board new about the differences in metrication processes in 1970 and avoided those that were so slow, such as metric conversion."
  • "Essentially all manufacturing and R&D companies that I consulted with on metrication face the same or worse problems than NASA (going out of business, law suits immune with Gov't)."
  • "The process for metrication does not need to be to the extreme you are suggesting."