metric

métrique

Qui utilise le système de mesure fondé sur les mètres, les grammes et les litres.

En anglais simple : Using the measurement system based on metres, grams, and litres.

• This ruler has metric markings.
• We use metric units to measure weight.
• Can you convert these lengths into metric measurements?

Contraires : imperial

Expressions courantes : metric system, metric units, metric measurements

métrique

Qui concerne les distances ou une méthode mathématique pour mesurer la distance entre des points.

En anglais simple : Relating to distance or to a mathematical way of measuring distance between points.

• The proof uses metric properties of the space.
• Each metric space has a way to measure distance.
• They compared the metric structures of the two surfaces.

Expressions courantes : metric space, metric properties, metric structure

indicateur, métrique

Mesure utilisée pour évaluer le fonctionnement de quelque chose ou en déterminer la quantité.

En anglais simple : A measurement used to judge how well something works or how much of something there is.

• Sales are one useful metric.
• We need better metrics for customer satisfaction.
• Which metric did you use to compare the teams?

Synonymes : measure, indicator

Expressions courantes : performance metric, key metric, success metric

tenseur métrique, métrique

Grandeur mathématique qui détermine comment mesurer les distances et les angles dans un espace.

En anglais simple : A mathematical quantity that tells you how to measure distances and angles in a space.

• The metric determines distances on the surface.
• They calculated the metric for curved spacetime.
• Changing the coordinates changes how we write the metric.

Synonymes : metric tensor

Expressions courantes : metric tensor, spacetime metric, a flat metric

mesurer, évaluer

Recueillir et analyser des chiffres montrant à quel point un processus fonctionne bien.

En anglais simple : To collect and examine numbers showing how well a process works.

• We need to metric this process.
• The engineers metric performance after each software update.
• They metric the results to identify slow stages.

Synonymes : measure, evaluate, assess

Expressions courantes : metric a process, metric software quality, metric performance