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).
The key thing is that there is nothing inherently good or bad with a measure. Metricâa value typically derived by a combination of two or more measures, e.g. financial ratios, total revenue over time, etc. Metrics do provide the notion of whether the values are good or bad. KPIâbrings in the business context. Metrics within a particular organizational or industry context are KPIs. However, you need to distinguish between KPIs (key performance indicators) and PIs (performance indicators).