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UK
/mˌɛtɹɪkˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
How To Use metrication In A Sentence
- Here in England (well, Britain actually) the government is slowly eroding our traditional units and forcing metrication on us. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
- It would do no harm to allow metric on pedestrian distance signs and would pave the way for the ultimate objective of full metrication of traffic signs.
- The UK government committed to introduce metrication over a 10-year period 40 years ago but has yet to introduce kilometres on our roads.
- The metrication plan would probably require incentives for companies that need to convert. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
- Just to add to the thoughts on the Australian experience with the metrication process. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
- Direct metrication, on the other hand, is smooth, fast, and above all economical. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
- Only at gov't establishments did I see metrication deteriorating to converting tens of thousand drawings - because some bureaucrat thought it necessary. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
- We're sitting less than 12 months away from a General Election and any party that declared support for metrication would take a pounding.
- The process for metrication does not need to be to the extreme you are suggesting. NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch
- For about 85 % of Australian occupations the metrication process was completed in a year or two (e.g. 1974 to 1976 for Australian construction industries). NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch