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Metric system   /mˈɛtrɪk sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Metric system

noun
1.
A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second.





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"Metric system" Quotes from Famous Books



... originally used in the metric system to signify one-tenth of, now extended to general scientific units. Thus decimeter means one-tenth of a meter; decigram, one-tenth of ...
— The Standard Electrical Dictionary - A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice - of Electrical Engineering • T. O'Conor Slone
... unregulated play of custom, which went through a long and varying evolution, but kept its authority all the time and at every stage. The persistence of the word "shilling" in our language is a striking proof of the power of custom—above all, popular custom—in connection with money. The metric system was invented to be a rational system, but the populace has insisted on dividing kilograms and liters into halves and quarters. Language, money, and weights and measures are things which show the power of popular ...
— Folkways - A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals • William Graham Sumner


Words linked to "Metric system" :   SI system, metric weight unit, Systeme International d'Unites, cgs system, cgs, SI unit, International System, International System of Units, system of weights and measures, si, Systeme International, weight unit


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