metrication

noun

1. 施行公制度量衡；公制化
   the process of changing to using the metric system

1. Over the years, the Metrication Committee has successfully promoted awareness of the metrication system.
   多年来，度量衡十进制委员会不断努力，加深了市民对十进制的认识。
2. The Metrication Ordinance, enacted in 1976, provides for the eventual replacement of non-metric units by SI units in all legislation in the HKSAR.
   一九七六年制定的《十进制条例》规定，香港法例所采用的非十进制单位，最终须以国际单位取代。

noun

1. the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds

   Synonym:    metrification