metric system

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

système métrique

Système international d’unités

Synonymes

decimal system

International System of Units

metric

unit of measurement

centimeter-gram-secondsystem

Traductions

sistema métrico

sistema metrico

metrisches System

μετρικό σύστημα

Sistema internacional de unidades

النظام المتري

المنظومة الدولية للوحدات

sistema métrico

Unidades não-SI

نِظام مِتْرِيّ

sistema mètric

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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