Definition of metric system
: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and on the kilogram
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Calm down, weather lovers, the National Weather Service in Portland is not moving to the metric system.
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Every country in the world, with the exception of Myanmar, Liberia, and the United States, uses the metric system.
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Australians also use the metric system, so distances and speeds are measured in kilometers, as opposed to miles.
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Since 1965, the British government has been pushing its people toward the metric system, used most everywhere else but the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar.
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At press time, only three of the world's countries don't use the metric system: the United States, Myanmar and Liberia.
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The core problem involved measuring in the Imperial system instead of the metric system—had been ongoing for nearly 10 months, yet had been undetected.
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Measure for Measure to rid the country of the metric system.
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First Known Use of metric system
1864
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: a system of weights and measures in which the meter is the unit of length and the kilogram is the unit of weight
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