Assertion: metric system's unit | /r/HasProperty | defined
Facets:
value: independently
type: MANNER
value: rationally
type: MANNER
value: the joule
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The metric system is extensible, and new derived units are defined as needed in fields such as radiology and chemistry.
text: Coherence was a design aim of SI, which resulted in only one unit of energy being defined – the joule.
text: Advances in electromagnetism in the 19th century necessitated new units to be defined, and multiple incompatible systems of such units came into use; none could be reconciled with the existing system of mechanical units.
text: The kilogram, meter, and second are the fundamental base units upon which the metric system is built, but seven units of measure are defined from which all the other units are derived:
text: Coherence was a design aim of SI resulting in only one unit of energy being defined - the joule.
text: In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles.
text: The fundamental units are defined rationally and are related to each other in a rational fashion.
text: In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles.