metric system

noun

Definition of metric system

: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and on the kilogram

Examples of metric system in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The United States may have retired the metric system, but the rest of the world hasn't. — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022 Local dialects were effectively banned, and use of the new, highly rational metric system was required. — Christopher Beha, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 The metric system, which makes far more sense than the imperial system, works in tens. — Elise Hannum, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021 As a scientist who publishes in the scientific literature, the standard expectation is to use the metric system and the Celsius or even Kelvin scales. — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021 An investigation found the root of the problem: The spacecraft was using the metric system while commands from the ground were sent in English units (pounds-seconds). — April Margulies, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021 Like most of the world, the U.K. has used the metric system for more than half a century, though people there never stopped ordering pints in the pub and measuring themselves in feet and inches. — David Meyer, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2021 As Artnet News notes, Antoine was highly regarded in late 18th-century France for helping to develop the metric system and discovering the role that oxygen plays in combustion. — Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2021 Its oddness was highlighted only after the world began to adopt the metric system. — Phil Jaekl, Time, 1 June 2021 See More

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20 May 2022

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“Metric system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20system. Accessed 25 May. 2022.

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