Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition in which blood-pressure at rest is higher than the body's needs. Because hypertension lacks overt symptoms, high blood pressure can go unnoticed for years.
metric (Noun). A measurement of the distance between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) positive definiteness: and, (2) symmetry: , and (3) triangle inequality: . metric (Verb).
1. the extent, quantity, amount, or degree of something, as determined by measurement or calculation. 2. a device for measuring distance, volume, etc, such as a graduated scale or container. 3. a system of measurement: give the size in metric measure.4. a standard used in a system of measurements: the international prototype kilogram is the measure of mass in SI units.5. a specific or standard amount of something: a measure of grain; short measure; full measure. measurement is a result obtained by measuring something. Check the measurements carefully. Every measurement was exact. 2. 'measure'. You do not use 'measurement' to refer to an action taken by a government.