Assertion: metric system | /r/HasProperty | synonymous
Facets:
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
value: with the si
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: But it’s been more than 50 years since the SI was defined, so for all practical purposes, today “the metric system” is synonymous with the SI.
text: Considered nearly synonymous with the Standard International System of Units (SI), the metric system is sometimes called the meter-kilogram-second (MKS or mks) system, although that usage is mostly deprecated.