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metric system
Word definitions for metric system in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although nearly all have used the metric system throughout their school careers they use Imperial measures in everyday situations. ▪ As experienced Yankees know, one of the big adventures is dealing with the metric system . ▪ ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metric system \Met"ric sys"tem\n. A system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countries, and permitted in many others, including the United States; the system is also called by its French name, Le ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide. 2 The modern version of that system, Systeme Internationale d'Unites (International System of Units), or SI system of measurements that is based on the base units of ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Condorcet , 1791). Four everyday measuring devices that have metric calibrations: a tape measure calibrated in centimetres , a thermometer calibrated in degrees Celsius , a kilogram weight, and an electrical multimeter that measures volts , amperes and ...
Usage examples of metric system.
The metric system, you probably know, is the system by which the majority of the world measures things.
Clive is still using the metric system of measurement, with most measurements converted to English in the novel.
The metric system is superior to the hodgepodge used in Jupiter, but one remains most comfortable with what one is most familiar with.
I might have guessed its mass from the force it took to keep it there, but did any of us expect the aliens to calibrate their dials in the metric system?