Metrified

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Having been converted or adapted to use a standardized metric system or units of measurement ; transformed to incorporate metric standards or principles ; altered to align with a metric scheme in measurement or structure
2. Changed so that dimensions, weights, or measurements conform to a decimalized system based on meters, liters, and grams ; adapted to reflect metric units in quantification or evaluation ; modified for consistency with international metric norms
3. Describing an object, system, or process that has been adjusted to measure or express values according to metric units ; standardized through application of metric measurement conventions ; shaped by conversion to or use of the metric system in relevant contexts

Etymology: "Metrified" is the past tense and past participle of "metrify," a verb built from the Latin "metrum," meaning "meter," plus the English suffix "-fy," which turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning "to make into" or "to cause to be." Metrify therefore means to convert something to metric measurement or to make it conform to the metric system. The base, "metrum," is the Latin word for measure, and it is also the root behind "meter" in the sense of the unit of length, as well as words for poetic rhythm. The suffix "-fy," borrowed through French from Latin "-ficare," is one of the most productive ways English creates verbs, which explains why it attaches so readily to a scientific term like this one. Because the word is a straightforward formation, its story is mostly about the job it does: describing a road sign, a recipe, or a factory line once it has been switched over to metres, grams, and litres. The participle form simply marks a thing that has already undergone that change.

Synonyms: metricated, metrized, measured

Antonyms: unmetrified, unmeasured