metric system
noun
: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and on the kilogram
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Overall, the song earned 29,533 points — the highest since 2023, when the current six-metric system was introduced.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Additional artifacts found on a mound called Tablet Hill shed light on a standard metric system, along with visual propaganda of Naram-Sin wearing a horned crown akin to a god.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The metric system itself was created during the French Revolution, then rejected under Napoleon and brought back with the July Revolution of 1830.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2023
The ovens are in centigrade and the measuring cups are in the metric system.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2022
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Additional artifacts found on a mound called Tablet Hill shed light on a standard metric system, along with visual propaganda of Naram-Sin wearing a horned crown akin to a god.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The metric system itself was created during the French Revolution, then rejected under Napoleon and brought back with the July Revolution of 1830.
—James Vincent, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2023
The ovens are in centigrade and the measuring cups are in the metric system.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for metric system
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“Metric system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20system. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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metric system
noun
: a system of weights and measures based on the meter and on the kilogram
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