To remove metric properties or measurements from something; to abandon the use of the metric system or to devalue measurement standards.
From de- (remove, reverse) + metricize (to make metric or standardize by metric system). Emerged in discussions about measurement systems and scientific standardization.
This word exists almost exclusively in complaints about countries resisting metric conversion—it's a linguistic monument to the metric system's ongoing battle against imperial measures, most famously in the USA.
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