metrify
/ˈmɛtrɪfaɪ/
verb
- To convert something to the metric system of measurement.
- It took years to metrify the nation's recipes, as people were used to cups and ounces.
- Scientists worked to metrify old laboratory equipment so it would use grams and liters.
- The country decided to metrify all road signs, changing miles to kilometers.
- To compose or arrange in poetic meter.
- In the workshop, the teacher showed how to metrify a prose passage into verse.
- The poet tried to metrify his thoughts into a sonnet with a steady rhythm.
- She learned to metrify her lines so they would flow like a song.