adj. 1. Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line. 2. Relating to measurement. [Middle English, from Latin metricus, from Greek metrikos, from metron, measure, poetic meter; see mē-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] metri·cal·ly adv. |
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