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    SI SYSTEM

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     I. (noun) 

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    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)play

    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 ("SI system" 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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