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[syn: Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Systeme International
n 1: 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); "Today the United
States is the only country in the world not totally
committed to the Systeme International d'Unites" [syn:
Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International,
SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of
Units, International System]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Système International d'Unités
Systeme International
System International
Système International
(SI - International System of Units) The
standard set of units of measurement set by the 11th General
Conference on Weights and Measures in 1960. There are seven
base units: the metre (length), the kilogram (mass), the
second (time), the ampere (electrical current), the kelvin
(temperature), the mole (number of atoms) and the candela
(luminous intensity). These are defined either in terms of
physical properties such as the speed of light or, in the case
of mass, by a "prototype" lump of platinum-iridium kept at
BIPM. Derived units like meters per second (speed) are
formed by combining base units. SI also specifies a list of
prefixes (multipliers like "k" for 1000).
SI Home (http://www.bipm.org/en/si/).
(2014-07-08)