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SI UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("SI unit" is a kind of...):
metric system (a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second)
Context examples:
A non-SI unit of energy or heat variously defined based on different conditions under which it is measured and the context of its use.
(Calorie Unit, NCI Thesaurus)
Are is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI.
(Are, NCI Thesaurus)
Non-SI unit of pressure equal to 101 325 Pa.
(Atmosphere, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-SI unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit at a constant pressure of one atmosphere.
(British Thermal Unit International Table, NCI Thesaurus)
Meter per second squared is a SI unit of acceleration.
(Meter per Second Squared, NCI Thesaurus)
The non-SI unit of mass equal to 20 grains or 1.295 978 2 grams.
(Apothecaries Scruple, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-SI unit of osmotic pressure equal to that of an ideal solution of a nondissociating substance that has a concentration of one mole of solute per liter of solution.
(Osmole, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-SI unit of area used predominantly in nuclear physics, equal to 10E-28 square meter, or 100 square femtometers.
(Barn, NCI Thesaurus)
A SI unit of volume or capacity equal to the volume of a cube with edges one meter in length.
(Cubic Meter, NCI Thesaurus)
A SI unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one cubic meter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one second.
(Cubic Meter per Second, NCI Thesaurus)
