metrification

[ me-truh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. metrication.
2. poetic composition in meter or verse form.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metrification¹

metr(ic) ¹ or metr(ic) ² + -i- + -fication

Example Sentences

There are no plans to introduce metrification for other road signs, such as speed limits.

From BBC

Thanks to social media, I can spam everyone with metrification.

From Scientific American

Sometime early in the exercise, it struck me:  is this not just a corporatized version of New Year’s resolutions in the age of metrification — at time when declaring one’s dreams is not enough. 

From Forbes

Gonzaga borrowed his forms from the best models, Anacreon and Theocritus, but the matter, except for an occasional imitation of Petrarch, the natural, elegant style and the harmonious metrification, are all his own.

From Project Gutenberg

A study on Camoens and treatises on metrification and mnemonics followed from his pen.

From Project Gutenberg