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SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL D'UNITES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)
Example:
Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonyms:
International System; International System of Units; SI; SI system; SI unit; Systeme International; Systeme International d'Unites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("Systeme International d'Unites" is a kind of...):
metric system (a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second)
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