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    The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units...
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    the process of introducing the International System of Units, also known as SI units or the metric system, to replace a jurisdiction's traditional measuring...
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  • up metric or -metric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metric or metrical may refer to: Metric system, an internationally adopted decimal system of...
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    guide to the metric system: Metric system – various loosely related systems of measurement that trace their origin to the decimal system of measurement...
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    System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and...
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    the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system. This...
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    The history of the metric system began during the Age of Enlightenment with measures of length and weight derived from nature, along with their decimal...
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  • metric system (original French term Système des Méchaniciens) is a non-standard system of units, which does not comply with the International System of...
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  • the metric system, with six of these dating back to the system's introduction in the 1790s. Metric prefixes have also been used with some non-metric units...
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    Metrication, is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement. The United Kingdom, through voluntary and mandated laws have metricated...
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