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Metric

nounid 3254·updated May 9, 2026
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A quantitative measurement.

Classifications

Entity Type

Metric95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
metric functionmetric unitprosodysystem of measurement
alternatephrasing
Metrics
plural
Metrics
possessive
Metric's
pluralpossessive
Metrics'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
§1
A quantitative measurement.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
Tools designed to facilitate decision-making and improve performance and accountability through collection, analysis, and reporting of relevant performance-related data.
NIST SP 800-551 senseview framework →
§1
Tools designed to facilitate decision-making and improve performance and accountability through collection, analysis, and reporting of relevant performance-related data.
Notes on Measurement1 senseview framework →
§1
(1) quantitative measure of the degree to which a system, component, or process possesses a given attribute; (2) defined measurement method and the measurement scale; c.f., measure in this section above
ISO/IEC TS 5723:2022(en) Trustworthiness — Vocabulary1 senseview framework →
§1
defined measurement method and measurement scale
Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
§2
a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
§3
a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

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