metrification
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Noun
- Writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
- The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
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| 1 | identification | 6 | 43 |
| 2 | ratification | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | verification | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | purification | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | modification | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | certification | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | personification | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | diversification | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | identifications | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | electrification | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | mortification | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | deification | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | ramification | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | notification | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | gentrification | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | extrication | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | edification | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | detoxification | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | certifications | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | misidentification | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | decertification | 6 | 0 |
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This Word in the News:
The Reason the U.S. Doesn't Use the Metric System
Jun 27, 2024 National Institute of Standards and Technology (.gov)
Jun 27, 2024 National Institute of Standards and Technology (.gov)
Keeping our feet and inches: How the metrification movement of the 1970s never came to pass
Nov 7, 2016 Kingsport Times News
Nov 7, 2016 Kingsport Times News
Survey: Measuring the integration of metrification across the country
Aug 12, 2022 Business in Vancouver
Aug 12, 2022 Business in Vancouver
America Has Been Struggling With the Metric System For More Than 200 Years
Jul 27, 2017 Smithsonian Magazine
Jul 27, 2017 Smithsonian Magazine
Metrified – or Petrified? The Return of Imperial Measures is the Ghost of a Dead Cat
Sep 20, 2021 Byline Times
Sep 20, 2021 Byline Times