Assertion: metric system's use | /r/CapableOf | increase in the united states
Facets:
value: throughout the 20th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: spontaneously
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Throughout the 20th century, use of the metric system in various segments of commerce and industry increased spontaneously in Britain and the United States; it became almost universally employed in the scientific and medical professions.