METRICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metrics mean? 

• METRICS (noun)
  The noun METRICS has 1 sense:

1. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

  Familiarity information: METRICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of poetic meter and the art of versification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

metrics; prosody

Hypernyms ("metrics" is a kind of...):

poetics (study of poetic works)

Domain member category:

acatalectic ((prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables)

Alexandrine ((prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet)

catalectic ((prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot)

hypercatalectic ((prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot)

poetic rhythm; prosody; rhythmic pattern ((prosody) a system of versification)

beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

foot; metrical foot; metrical unit ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)

measured; metric; metrical (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)

iambic (of or consisting of iambs)

dactylic (of or consisting of dactyls)

spondaic (of or consisting of spondees)

trochaic (of or consisting of trochees)

 Context examples 

Patients are asked a series of rigorously reviewed questions covering common domains and metrics across differing conditions and treatments.

(Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, NCI Thesaurus)