metric linear unit vs metre

metre vs metric linear unit

metric linear unit and metre both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metric linear unit	Yes	No	No	No
metre	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, metre is a hyponym of metric linear unit; that is, metre is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than metric linear unit:

metric linear unit: a linear unit of distance in metric terms
metre: the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

Other hyponyms of metric linear unit include femtometer, femtometre, fermi, micromicron, picometer, picometre, A, angstrom, angstrom unit, micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm, micrometer, micrometre, micron, millimeter, millimetre, mm, centimeter, centimetre, cm, decimeter, decimetre, dm, m, meter, dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, hectometer, hectometre, hm, kilometer, kilometre, klick, km, mym, myriameter, myriametre.

metric linear unit (noun)	metre (noun)
a linear unit of distance in metric terms	rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
	(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
	the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

Difference between metric linear unit and metre

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