Assertion: metric system's unit | /r/HasProperty | large
Facets:
value: inconveniently
type: DEGREE
value: for practical use without adjustment
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A common set of decimal-based prefixes is applied to some units which are too large or too small for practical use without adjustment.
text: This list includes various units of measure used in atomic and nuclear physics and in astronomy such as the Dalton, the electron mass, the electron volt, the [[astronomical unit] and a number of other units of measure that are either too large or too small to be described using SI and whose units of measure are well-established.
text: This list includes various units of measure used in atomic and nuclear physics and in astronomy such as the Dalton, the electron mass, the electron volt, the [[astronomical unit] and a number of other units of measure that are either too large or too small to be described using SI and whose units of measure are well-established.
text: After the French Revolution, the new government decided that this unit was inconveniently large, since many mass measurements involved much smaller masses.