Sir(s):
>.....of or relating to measurement
>.....pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.
>..... pertaining to distance: metric geometry.
All correct! But when these refer to Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI in
all languages), it is the sciecnce of METRIC measurements; often
mis-concieved/mis-understood to be the 'count of qunatities in
multiple/sub-multiples of TENS/Hundreds/Thousands...etc.
In my psts, I have tried to impress that WORD "Metre - pertains to the METRE in
the 'metric system' when related to the unit of Length Metre, and not merely if
it has divisions/
multiplications in Tens or the multiple/sub-multiples thereof".
Derived symbols & quantities, if not related to METRE -the distance for length
unit, cannot be considered to belong to Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites
(SI). This is, perhaps, the forefathers left the question un-resolved and made
the confusion for our generations. It is now felt IMPORTANT the the length Unit
Metre and Arc-length/angle, cannot go without their inter-merger - the cause of
failure of the Metric Reform so far. United States/French (and world scientist
community) shall do well to ponder over THIS for the futute of SI (Metric)
System of units for measurements.
I recall having made such a call among my various contributions during
publication of my document: The Metric Second (1973 April) thro Bureau of
Indian Standards, New Delhi. The extension of this became The Metric Calendar
Year via Metric Norms for Time Standard. On my building several options for
the Reform og Gregorian calendar, I now propose to merely shift the day of July
31 and bring THIS GAINED DAY in the 2nd month February as February 29 (during
all years). Please see my Home Page: http://www.brijvij.com/
Regards,
Brij Bhushan Vij
Thursday, 2013 March 07H17:26(decimal)EST
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda
The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month)
"30 days has July,September,
April, June, November and December
all the rest have 31 except February which has 29
except on years divisible evenly by 4;
except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 -
as long as you remember that
"October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and
December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE
OUTSIDE of calendar-format"
Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30
Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30
(365th day of Year is World Day)
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Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association
except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A
Possible World Calendar, since 1971.
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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:56:39 -0800
From: jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
Subject: [USMA:52469] Re: Use of the Word "Metric"
To: usma@colostate.edu
As a noun, my Webster also gives:
a standard for measuring or evaluating something, a basis for assessment
and gives the example "a new metric for judging success."
Business has adopted this usage big time and we may as well get over it.
From: Phil Chernack <pcchern...@gmail.com>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Thu, March 7, 2013 3:21:11 PM
Subject: [USMA:52465] Re: Use of the Word "Metric"
Hey, don't go verbing my nouns! Anyway, I thought that a verb used as a noun
ending in ing is a gerund, like the building of the dam.
Anyway, here are 2 sets of definitions from dictionary.com:
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
met·ric
1 [me-trik] Show IPA
adjective
pertaining to the meter or to the metric system.
Origin:
1860–65; < French métrique, derivative of mètre meter1 ; see -ic
met·ric
2 [me-trik] Show IPA
adjective
1. pertaining to distance: metric geometry.
2. metrical.
noun
3. Mathematics . a nonnegative real-valued function having properties analogous
to those of the distance between points on a real line, as the distance between
two points being independent of the order of the points, the distance between
two points being zero if, and only if, the two points coincide, and the
distance between two points being less than or equal to the sum of the
distances from each point to an arbitrary third point.
Origin:
1750–60; < Latin metricus < Greek metrikós of, relating to measuring. See
meter2 , -ic
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
metric (ˈmɛtrɪk)
— adj
1. of or relating to the metre or metric system
2. maths denoting or relating to a set containing pairs of points for each of
which a non-negative real number ρ( x, y ) (the distance) can be defined,
satisfying specific conditions
— n
3. maths the function ρ( x, y ) satisfying the conditions of membership of
such a set (a metric space )
metrical or metric (ˈmɛtrɪk ə l, ˈmɛtrɪk)
— adj
1. of or relating to measurement
2. of or in poetic metre
metric or metric
— adj
'metrically or metric
— adv
-metry
— n combining form
indicating the process or science of measuring: anthropometry ; geometry
[from Old French -metrie, from Latin -metria, from Greek, from metron
measure]
-metric
— adj combining form
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:55 PM, <c...@traditio.com> wrote:
Re: [USMA:52457] Reuse of Word
An interesting point. The venerable Webster's Unabridged Second Edition, which
is still used by careful writers, does not list "metric" as a noun. The Third
Edition does, so the word gained recognition after 1960. Accurate writers now
use "SI Metric" to designate the Modern Metric System.
The usage that really bugs me is the run-away usage of "vouns," that is, verbs
used as nouns. We are commonly hearing now, except from the most careful
broadcasters, "the sequester" instead of "the sequestration." We have long
heard in recent decades about doing "an install" instead of "an installation."
This confusing peculiarity of English works the other way too. For example,
some would "mustard" their hot dog, using the noun as a verb.
