metrication – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
metrication
n.
application of the metric system; change into the metric system; introduction of the metric system
Metrication
Metrication or
metrification is conversion to the
metric system of
units of measurement. Worldwide, there has been a long process of independent conversions of countries from various local and traditional systems, beginning in France during the 1790s and spreading widely over the following two centuries, but the metric system has not been fully adopted in all countries and sectors.
metrication
Noun
1. the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
(synonym) metrification
(hypernym) change
(derivation) metricize, metricise, metrify, metricate
metrication
n.
zavedení metrické soustavy
metrication
