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Metric system

//ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
  2. 2
    a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second wordnet
  3. 3
    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"

  4. 4
    Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

Etymology

Compound of metric + system, from French métrique. See also meter.

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