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metrification|ˌmɛtrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. type *metrificātio, n. of action f. metrificāre (see prec.).]
1. The construction of a metrical composition; also, metrical structure.
1861Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xx. 153 As..these final rhymes came..into use, the old system of metrification was..abandoned. 1864Tennyson Hendecasyllabics 10 Should I flounder awhile without a tumble Thro' this metrification of Catullus. 1875A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dram. Lit. (1899) I. 326 The metrification of Tamburlaine still shows some signs of uncertainty.
2. = metrication.
1965Observer 5 Dec. 40/5 If of old measures we're forsakers..How describe it? There are cries For Metrification, Metricize. 1970Times 17 Apr. 6 Now there was a threat of metrification of weights and measures. 1973Daily Tel. 27 July 16 What angers us is the manner in which the Government has tried to persuade us that VAT..was to our benefit, like decimalisation, two-tier postal systems and now metrification. 1974Publishers Weekly 25 Nov. 12/3 [heading 1980: Target Date for Metric Conversion in U.S.] Metrification has been called the non-issue of the century. |