metrics

The use or study of metrical structures in verse; prosody.

Parameters or measures of quantitative assessment used for measurement, comparison or to track performance or production.

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Analysts use metrics to compare the performance of different companies, despite the many variations between firms. Metrics can refer to a company's EBITDA, earnings per share, or any other financial measures. They can also be industry specific, such as barrels of oil produced for exploration companies.

Taking the ratios of some metrics forms multiples, which further allow analysts to compare diverse firms.

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metrics, another word for prosody, that is, the theory and practice of poetic metre. A poet composing metrical verse, or a theorist of metre, may be called a metrist or metrician.

The branch of prosody concerned with meter.

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