metrize

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mi trīz, metrīz)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
met•rize  (mi trīz, metrīz),USA pronunciation v.t., -rized, -rizing. [Math.]
  1. to find a metric for (a topological space for which the metric topology is the given topology).
Also, metricize*  [esp. Brit.,] met•rise. 
  • metr(ic)2 + -ize
met•rizable, adj. 
met′ri•zation, n. 

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