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Definition of Metric system

Metric system
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Meaning of Metric system from wikipedia

- The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units...
- up metric or -metric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metric or metrical may refer to: Metric system, an internationally adopted decimal system of...
- The history of the metric system began during the Age of Enlightenment with measures of length and weight derived from nature, along with their decimal...
- System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and...
- the process of introducing the International System of Units, also known as SI units or the metric system, to replace a jurisdiction's traditional measuring...
- guide to the metric system: Metric systemvarious loosely related systems of measurement that trace their origin to the decimal system of measurement...
- the metric system, with six of these dating back to the system's introduction in the 1790s. Metric prefixes have also been used with some non-metric units...
- the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system. This...
- While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors...
- President Gerald Ford on December 23, 1975. It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce"...