metric system
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metric system
- /ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/
Where it comes from
From metric + system, from French métrique. See also meter.
noun
- The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
- The modern version of that system, Système International d'Unités (International System of Units), or SI that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela. see Appendix on SI Units
- Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.
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noun system of measurements developed in France
| Español | sistema métrico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미터법 miteobeop |
| 中文 | 國際公制 /国际公制 guójì gōngzhì, 公制 gōngzhì, 米制 mǐzhì |
| Português | sistema métrico |
| Français | système métrique |
| Deutsch | metrisches System |
| Română | sistem metric |
| Русский | метри́ческая систе́ма metríčeskaja sistéma |
| العربية | نِظَام مِتْرِيّ niẓām mitriyy |
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title = {metric system},
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