And on the other hand, as I understand it, some things in the UK are not in the process of metrification.
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The process is sometimes called metrification.
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Even in the cold areas of Canada, broadcast media began to switch to the newer method of reporting after metrification.
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Metrification redirects to the article.
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He was still typing at 90 words a minute on a 1908 typewriter in the computer age, and was still holding out against metrification when he died.
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The decimal system, which has already conquered the coinage and led to the metrification of measures of weight and distance, suits the modern world better.
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Writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
(metrify) compose in poetic meter; "The bard metrified his poems very precisely"
(metrify) metricize: convert from a non-metric to the metric system
Metrication refers to the introduction and use of the SI metric system, the international standard for physical measurements. This has involved a long process of independent and systematic conversions of countries from various local systems of weights and measures. ...