METRIC SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metric system mean? 

• METRIC SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun METRIC SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

  Familiarity information: METRIC SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRIC SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("metric system" is a kind of...):

system of weights and measures (system of measurement for length and weight and duration)

Meronyms (parts of "metric system"):

metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metric system"):

cgs; cgs system (system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds)

International System; International System of Units; SI; SI system; SI unit; Systeme International; Systeme International d'Unites (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))

 Context examples 

A measure of volume for a liquid, using the metric system.

(L, NCI Dictionary)

A basic unit of length in the former CGS version of metric system, equal to one hundredth of a meter or approximately 0.393 700 787 inch.

(Centimeter, NCI Thesaurus)

The base units are consistent with the part of the metric system called the MKS system.

(Base Unit of International System of Units, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of length in the metric system.

(Centimeter, NCI Dictionary)

A measure of volume in the metric system.

(Cc, NCI Dictionary)

A prefix used in the metric system for denoting power of ten.

(Metric Prefix, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of length in metric system equal to 10E-6 meter, or micrometer.

(Micron, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of weight in the metric system.

(Gram, NCI Dictionary)

The metric system evolved into the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).

(Metric System, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of linear measure in the metric system, one of the seven base units of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).

(Meter, NCI Thesaurus)