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INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)

Example:

Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites

Synonyms:

International System; International System of Units; SI; SI system; SI unit; Systeme International; Systeme International d'Unites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("International System of Units" is a kind of...):

metric system (a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second)

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The International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI) is a decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units established through the Treaty of the Meter (Convention du Metre) signed in Paris in 1875 and currently signed by 48 nations including all the major industrialized countries.

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