Term: metric system: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: umbel: flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: recycling plant: a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: labrador retriever: breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: bandage: a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: chlamydia: coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: copout: a failure to face some difficulty squarely
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: swathing: cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby)
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: detachment: a small unit of troops of special composition
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: citron: large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved
Broader: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration | Unrelated: genus vernonia: genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers