metric system

Also known as metric

decimal system of units that uses the metre as the basis for its unit of length

AI overview

The metric system is a way of measuring things based on the metre as the unit of length, organized around powers of 10 to make calculations straightforward. It matters because this decimal structure makes it easier to convert between different sizes of measurements compared to older systems with irregular conversions.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,273 inbound references to metric system, and connects out to centimeter–gram–second system of units, International System of Units and International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

It is catalogued under topics including French inventions, International System of Units and Metric system.

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Research

9,243 papers

METRIC system.British medical journal · 1953Nixon WCW, Whittet TD
The Metric System.The Dental register · 1890
The metric system.Applied optics · 1966
The Metric System.Atlanta journal-record of medicine · 1899
The Metric System.The Chicago medical journal and examiner · 1880
METRIC system.British medical journal · 1953
Metric System.The Southern medical record · 1879
Metric System.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1965Gressitt JLDOI: 10.1126/science.149.3686.814-a

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Encyclopedic overview

A kilogram mass and three metric measuring devices: a tape measure in centimetres, a thermometer in degrees Celsius, and a multimeter that measures potential in volts, current in amperes and resistance in ohms.

The metric system is a system of measurement that standardises a set of base units and a nomenclature for describing relatively large and small quantities using decimal-based multiplicative unit prefixes. Though the rules governing the metric system have changed over time, the modern definition, the International System of Units (SI), defines the metric prefixes and seven base units: metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and candela (cd).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “metric system” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.