SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL D'UNITES

Pronunciation (US):

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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 ("Systeme International d'Unites" 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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