non-metric

1. 1.

   not based on the meter as a standard of measurement

Questions about non-metric

What does non-metric mean?

non-metric means "not based on the meter as a standard of measurement".

How many syllables are in non-metric?

non-metric has 3 syllables and divides as non--me-tric under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is non-metric a common word?

non-metric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.