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...

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

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...

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

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...

Metrication, is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement. The United Kingdom, through voluntary and mandated laws have metricated...

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

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...

historical and are no longer in common usage, being replaced by the metric system. Usage of the unqualified term pound reflects the historical conflation...

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...

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

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...

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...

Hybrid sticks with more than one measurement system also exist, most notably those which have metric measurements on one side and U.S. customary units...

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"...

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

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...

decimal unit prefix in the metric system denoting multiplication by one thousand (103). It is used in the International System of Units, where it has the...

dictionary. Micro (Greek letter μ, mu, non-italic) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth). Confirmed in 1960, the prefix...

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...