metrication

English Thesaurus

1. the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds (noun.act)

hypernym	:	change,
definition	:	the action of changing something (noun.act)

derivation	:	metricate, metricise, metricize, metrify,
definition	:	convert from a non-metric to the metric system (verb.change)

derivation	:	metricate, metricise, metricize, metrify,
definition	:	convert from a non-metric to the metric system (verb.change)