Metric system information

The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement. The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units...

up metric or -metric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metric or metrical may refer to: Metric system, an internationally adopted decimal system of...

System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and...

guide to the metric system: Metric system – various loosely related systems of measurement that trace their origin to the decimal system of measurement...

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...

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...

the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system. This...

metric system (original French term Système des Méchaniciens) is a non-standard system of units, which does not comply with the International System of...

While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors...

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...

International System of Units or SI (the modern form of the metric system), the British imperial system, and the United States customary system. In antiquity...

officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement, but imperial units are still used alongside metric units in the United Kingdom...

Metrication, the process of introducing the metric system of measurement in place of imperial units, has made steady progress in the United Kingdom since...

Australia's first Parliament after federation to consider adopting the metric system, metric units first became legal for use in Australia in 1947 when Australia...

According to Schadow and McDonald, metric units, in general, are those units "defined 'in the spirit' of the metric system, that emerged in late 18th century...

systems of units used to be very common. Now there is a global standard, the International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system...

government and military areas, metric units are used. The International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system, is preferred for many uses...

President Gerald Ford on December 23, 1975. It declared the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce"...

1 mm thick. Look up millimetre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metric system Orders of magnitude (length) Submillimetre astronomy "17th General Conference...

use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton in the United States to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States customary...

Metric time is the measure of time intervals using the metric system. The modern SI system defines the second as the base unit of time, and forms multiples...

Since the 1960s, the International System of Units (SI) is the internationally recognised metric system. Metric units of mass, length, and electricity...

members on the state of the metric system in the United States called Metric Today. The Metric Act of 1866 declared the metric system to be "lawful throughout...

accepted the Metric System in 1878 but United States customary units remain ubiquitous outside the science and technology sector. The metric system has been...

to alloy material) Some countries have redefined their ounces in the metric system. For example, the German apothecaries' ounce of 30 grams, is very close...

also part of the apothecaries' system. This was long used in medicine, but has been largely replaced by the metric system (milligrams). The only troy weight...

Before the introduction of the Metric system, one may divide the history of Indian systems of measurement into three main periods: the pre-Akbar's period...