1. converting a system of measurement or weights to the metric system
Usage: present participle of 'metricate'; chiefly British

Examples

• The country is metricating its road signs to align with international standards.
• Engineers are metricating the old imperial measurements in the factory.
• Many nations completed metricating their systems decades ago.
• The process of metricating weights and measures took several years.
• Schools began metricating the curriculum in the 1970s.