metric system
noun
: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and on the kilogram
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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.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
This notion solidified toward the dawn of the French Revolution, when Enlightenment thinkers shaped the beginnings of the modern metric system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2012
Local dialects were effectively banned, and use of the new, highly rational metric system was required.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
No metric system, no Quarter Pounder.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2020
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
This notion solidified toward the dawn of the French Revolution, when Enlightenment thinkers shaped the beginnings of the modern metric system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2012
Local dialects were effectively banned, and use of the new, highly rational metric system was required.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
No metric system, no Quarter Pounder.
—Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2020
See All Example Sentences for metric system
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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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