metricize

verb (used with object), met·ri·cized, met·ri·ciz·ing.

1. to express in terms of the metric system.
2. Mathematics. metrize.

v.“convert to the metric system,” 1873, from metric (adj.) + -ize. Related: Metricized; metricizing. Earlier, “to convert to poetic meter” (1850; see metric (n.)).