(a.) Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two mechanisms are evident in chicks' spatial representations: a metric frame for encoding the spatial arrangement of surfaces as surfaces and a cue-guidance system for encoding conspicuous landmarks near the target.
(2) This gives us the foundations to consider the method of evaluation of phenetic distances between natural groups of animals for the set of non-metric threshold skeletal traits more suitable for detection of genetical differentiation of wild populations.
(3) In reviewing recent progress concerning the motor system and drug action, the following subjects will be discussed on the basis of our data: 1) the mechanisms of action of mephenesin and baclofen, 2) baclofen and gamma-aminobutyric acid B (GABAB) receptor, 3) GABA-, benzodiazepine receptors, 4) control of spinal motor system by descending noradrenergic neuron, 5) pharmacology of the muscle spindle, and 6) pharmaco-metrics of centrally acting muscle relaxants.
(4) It is clear that the metric takes something – biodiversity and habitats – that are inherently very complex and tries to simplify them for easier decision-making.
(5) There are still areas where we focus on targets rather than outcomes as the key metrics of whether the NHS is performing well … We need to have a broader measure of what success is in the NHS and we need to do some careful thinking about how we achieve that.
(6) Forty-eight cranial metric and twenty-five cranial non-metric traits were scored on the left side of adult male crania from four North American Indian populations.
(7) But this metric is a good way to reward original source-finding.
(8) In addition, an electric field exposure metric is mechanistically consistent with a cell-surface interaction site.
(9) Multimeasurable systemic models have been constructed to demonstrate how quantitative indices of metrical properties of the capillaries depend on the cardiac size.
(10) It will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 900m metric tonnes, and save the equivalent of last year's imports of oil from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya and Nigeria combined.
(11) Some metric parameters (height and width, sizes of the isthmus the an angle between the corns) are given with the purpose of greater precision of roentgenological interpretation.
(12) The original metric system based on lenght (centimetre), mass (gramme) and time (second) has proved inadequate.
(13) These endeavoured to achieve a comprehension of the higher cortical functions on a metric basis.
(14) The distal phalanges are complete, however, and were analyzed metrically utilizing univariate and multivariate statistical techniques.
(15) By means of pH-metric and fluorescent analysis it was shown that vasopressin interacts with other membrane structures which have no specific receptors--phosphatidylcholinic liposomes and vesicles of sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscles causing increasing permeability of phospholipid bilayer for Ca2+ ions.
(16) Added to this there are varying interpretations of the metric with at least three different calculation tools that CIEEM is aware of.
(17) Neanderthal teeth were significantly more metrically asymmetric than those of either Australopithecus or H. erectus, with population differences in asymmetry centered in the maxillary teeth.
(18) These days, rat poison is not just sown in the earth by the truckload, it is rained from helicopters that track the rats with radar – in 2011 80 metric tonnes of poison-laced bait were dumped on to Henderson Island, home to one of the last untouched coral reefs in the South Pacific.
(19) FORTRAN IV programs allow calculation of surface area, villous heights, and component volumes in metric units, and of volume proportions, volume-to-volume ratios, and surface-to-volume ratios.
(20) The occlusal contacts of teeth in a dentition have been analysed metrically with the aid of a new method.
Metrology
Definition:
(n.) The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.
Example Sentences:
(1) A possibility of metrological provision for coagulation test automating equipment without creating standard patterns was proved on the blood coagulation meter of the thermoconductometric type.
(2) High operational and metrological parameters of the rectifier are gained due to the cylinder differential electromagnetic system, which has distributed magnetic and concentrated electrical parameters.
(3) The metrological and computational problems of detecting very weak variations in the frequencies of the fundamental tone are discussed from a signal processing point of view.
(4) The improvement of the metrological, physiological and dynamic characteristics of the tachospirometric equipment attained by means of the suggested method is demonstrated.
(5) The new complex set of metrological characteristics for the biochemical automatic unit concentration meter allows it to make a change from the absolute photometric scale of the device to the one in relative units.
(6) On the ground results derived from an analysis of metrological characteristics of the biochemical automatic unit systems and of their influence on the end-result with due regard for actual operating conditions a formula for the automatic unit error was deduced.
(7) All metrological and chemical tests were performed at the Knitting Industry Main Centre for Research and Development "Tricomed" in Lódź.
(8) Starting from the explanation of the terms "comparison" and "quantification" a concept of a metrologically correct measuring system is derived.
(9) Nevertheless, metrologic and physiological factors can complicate theoretically the model.
(10) Senior Fellow Optical Frequency Standards and Metrology, National Physical Laboratory.
(11) Large volume tissue-equivalent proportional counters are of interest in radiation protection metrology, as the sensitivity in terms of counts per unit absorbed dose in these devices increases as the square of the counter diameter.
(12) Cellular response relationships, termed hit-size effectiveness functions, can also be applied directly in radiation protection metrology by incorporating them into the software used to process the readings of microdosimetric spectrometers.
(13) This review emphasizes the fundamental metrological aspects of reference methods and reference measurement technology.
(14) Construction of a rating scale is a difficult task which implies a series of approximations to obtain, from an initial collection of items, satisfactory metrologic qualities.
(15) In the first part, the scope and potential limitations of this branch of metrology are presented.
(16) A device for ECG signal reproduction and transfer (a generator) is made, with its structural diagram, work principles and main technological (metrological) characteristics shown.
(17) Characteristics of latex suspensions are studied in order to estimate their potential metrologic application.
(18) In dosimetric approach to the hygienic norm setting of radio waves adequate metrological basis is required.
(19) The scanning probe microscope has found applications in metrology, spectroscopy, and lithography.
(20) Main principals of metrology of measurement being conducted in research studies and in practice of ophthalmologists are stated.