Term: systeme international d'unites: 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)
Candidate hypernym: metric system: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second → 1
Candidate hypernym: dairyman: a man who works in a dairy → 0
Candidate hypernym: smack: a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: brook thistle: of central and southwestern Europe → 0
Candidate hypernym: rhythm and blues musician: a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music → 0
Candidate hypernym: finder's fee: a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes → 0
Candidate hypernym: apoptosis: a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival → 0
Candidate hypernym: heart valve: an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve → 0
Candidate hypernym: cabinet wood: moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork → 0
Candidate hypernym: cytisus: large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom → 0
Candidate hypernym: tadorna: sheldrakes → 0