Case
Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.
Metric
Metric noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.
Usage example: according to the usual metrics by which we judge fiction, this novel is an utter failure
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- Although this is perhaps more a case of "stupidity kills", as NASA spelt out very clearly in their contract with Lockheed that metric was to be used.
- Deborah Morgan from Dexter once made a critical break in a murder case after staying up all night and drinking "a metric fuck ton" of coffee.
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However that's most likely a case of sci-fi fans not having a sense of how expensive space ships, space travel, and Amarrian wheat by the metric ton, would be.
Source: Ridiculous Future Inflation
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