metric system

See also: metric-system

English

Etymology

Compound of metric +‎ system, from French métrique. See also meter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/

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 on SI Units
Any variant of that system, that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

Synonyms

metric (abbreviation)
(système international): SI

Hyponyms

(variants): cgs, mks, MTS

Related terms

metrication
metric conversion

Translations

system of measurements developed in France

Catalan: sistema mètric m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公制 (zh) (gōngzhì)
Finnish: metrijärjestelmä

Ido: metrala sistemo
Romanian: sistem metric (ro) n
Russian: метри́ческая систе́ма f (metríčeskaja sistéma)
Spanish: sistema métrico m

International System of Units — see International System of Units

See also

decimalization

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