As a noun, the Wikipedia definition of "metric" is absolutely correct.
As an adjective (answering the questions which, what kind of, or how many), the word "metric" is what this forum is all about: referring to SI units. I have not studied the etymology of the word back to antiquity, but I suspect that "meter" is derived from "metric" which most likely comes from some ancient word for the idea of "to measure." On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Paul Trusten <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wikipedia needs to eschew obfuscation. > > BTW, the next media person to use the phrase "game changer" this week > deserves to get banned for the rest of the season. > > Paul T. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: 04 June, 2009 07:42 > Subject: [USMA:45194] Re: A mile is a metric? > > > > >> On Thursday 04 June 2009 07:10:40 John M. Steele wrote: >> >>> Unfortunately, the "key performance indicator" definition is widely used >>> in >>> business. >>> As a minimum, they need a "disambiguation" page that leads to that usage >>> or >>> the SI with some clarity. >>> >> >> [[Metric]] is already a disambig. I put a "see" line at the beginning. >> >> Pierre >> >> >> >> >
