plural of metropolis

(history, especially Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States. / A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States. / a classical city site in Anatolia (Turkey).

(England, dated) London, United Kingdom.

(obsolete) plural of metropolis

(statistics) A Markov chain Monte Carlo method for obtaining a sequence of random samples from a probability distribution from which direct sampling is difficult.

(computer graphics) The application of a variant of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm to the rendering equation for generating images from detailed physical descriptions of three-dimensional scenes.

(Orthodox Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. / The inhabitant of a metropolis.

(Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. / Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.

plural of metropolis