metric system

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

sistema metrico

sinonimi

decimal system

International System of Units

metric

unit of measurement

centimeter-gram-secondsystem

Traduzioni

système métrique

sistema métrico

μετρικό σύστημα

metrisches System

النظام المتري

Système international d’unités

sistema métrico

Unidades não-SI

Sistema internacional de unidades

نِظام مِتْرِيّ

المنظومة الدولية للوحدات

sistema mètric

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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