metric system

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
2. 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.
3. Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

Sinonieme

decimal system

International System of Units

metric

unit of measurement

centimeter-gram-secondsystem

Vertalings

système métrique

sistema métrico

μετρικό σύστημα

metrisches System

sistema metrico

sistema métrico

Unidades não-SI

Sistema internacional de unidades

Système international d’unités

النظام المتري

نِظام مِتْرِيّ

sistema mètric

المنظومة الدولية للوحدات

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/

Etimologie (Engels)

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