Assertion: metric system's unit | /r/HasProperty | the kilogram
Facets:
value: for mass
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The metric unit of mass is the kilogram and it was defined as the mass of one litre of water.
text: Sometimes, the metric system is abbreviated as MKS, which indicates the standard units are the meter, kilogram, and second.
text: The basic units were taken from the natural world: the unit of length, the metre, was based on the dimensions of the Earth, and the unit of mass, the kilogram, was based on the mass of water having a volume of one litre or a cubic decimetre.
text: Seven units — the metre (for length); the kilogram (for mass); the second (for time); the ampere (for electric current); the kelvin (for thermodynamic temperature); the mole (for amount of substance); and the candela (for luminous intensity) — were established as the base units for the system.
text: The unit for mass in the system that uses the meter measurement is the kilogram.
text: Their defined units are the meter for length, the kilogram for mass, the second for time, and the degree Celsius for temperature.
text: For example, the standard unit of mass, the kilogram, was chosen to represent the amount of matter in exactly 1 liter (L) of pure water, which is 1/1000 of a cubic meter (m3).
text: The unit of mass is the kilogram.
text: It doesn’t really help that a base unit is gram and its subsequent higher unit is kilogram which is a thousand times in value.
text: Standard unit of weight is kilogram.