Complete Definition of "metric system"

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Noun
metric system

#The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
#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 the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
#: see Appendix:SI_units|Appendix on SI Units

Category:Systems theory

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  • 2007-12-15 21:27 - Tohru - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/24.28.78.160|24.28.78.160]] ([[User_talk:24.28.78.160|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Stephen G. Brown|Stephen G. Brown]]

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