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Metricise (Verb)

Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The aviation industry began to metricise airspeeds and altitudes in the late 1970s to improve safety and international cooperation.
Several countries have struggled to metricise their everyday applications of measurement despite adopting the metric system officially.
To participate in international trade and exchange, the company had to metricise all their products' technical specifications.
As part of the national policy, the education department decided to metricise school curricula for mathematics and science by the start of the next academic year.
The automotive industry was slow to metricise tyre pressure and fuel efficiency standards for many years after adopting the metric system.

Express in the metric system.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The company began to metricise its product labels to meet international standards.
Temperature readings were metricised and reported in degrees Celsius.
The old system of miles and yards was metricised to kilometres and metres.
We need to metricise these instructions so they're usable worldwide.
He spent hours rewriting the manual to metricise the measurements.