metric system en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/
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Etymology
From metric + system, from French métrique. See also meter.
Meanings
- The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
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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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Relateds
metrication · metric conversion · decimalization
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Translations (21)
cy system fedrig (system of measurements developed in France) · th ระบบเมตริก (system of measurements developed in France) · fi metrijärjestelmä (system of measurements developed in France) · de metrisches System (system of measurements developed in France) · nl metriek stelsel (system of measurements developed in France) · cmn 米制 (system of measurements developed in France) · ro sistem metric (system of measurements developed in France) · ko 미터법 (system of measurements developed in France) · fr système métrique (system of measurements developed in France) · io metrala sistemo (system of measurements developed in France) · tr metrik sistem (system of measurements developed in France) · ca sistema mètric (system of measurements developed in France) · cmn 國際公制 /国际公制 (system of measurements developed in France) · pt sistema métrico (system of measurements developed in France) · ga córas méadrach (system of measurements developed in France) · pl układ SI (system of measurements developed in France) · hu méterrendszer (system of measurements developed in France) · ka მეტრული სისტემა (system of measurements developed in France) · ru метри́ческая систе́ма (system of measurements developed in France) · es sistema métrico (system of measurements developed in France) · cmn 公制 (system of measurements developed in France)