Dictionary.net

based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

An antiprotozoal used in amebiasis, trichomoniasis, giardiasis, and as a treponemacide in livestock. It has also been proposed as a radiation sensitizer for hypoxic cells. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985, p133), this substance may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen (Merck, 11th ed).

Pertaining to measurement, measure, or rhythm, or to the metric system; metric system, the French system of weights and measures, by which things are measured or counted by tens or fractions of tens.

Pertaining to the meter as a unit of measurement or to the metric system.