Metric system
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metric-system-164-8285588
title:
Metric system
text:
The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units, in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven base units: the metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and candela (cd). These can be made into larger or smaller units with the use of metric prefixes. SI derived units are named combinations – such as the hertz, newton (kg⋅m/s), and tesla – or a shifted
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Metre-based systems of measurement
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system
date created:
2002-03-13T08:13:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T08:37:59Z
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