Assertion: metric system's unit | /r/HasProperty | si
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text: The historical development of these systems culminated in the definition of the International System of Units (SI), under the oversight of an international standards body.
text: The metric system” is a nickname for the International System of Units, aka the SI.
text: Prefixes are provided in scales that function around 7 units known as metric system (or SI) base units.
text: In the modern form of the International System of Units (SI), the seven base units are: metre for length, kilogram for mass, second for time, ampere for electric current, kelvin for temperature, candela for luminous intensity and mole for amount of substance.
text: Although the CGPM passed a resolution in 1901 defining the standard value of acceleration due to gravity to be 980.665 cm/s2, gravitational units are not part of the International System of Units (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.
text: The metric system, also known as the International System of Units (SI), is a system of measurement that is built on three main units: meters, liters, and grams.
text: International System of Units (SI)
text: The modern metric system (modern meaning post-1960) is now widely used throughout the world and is called theInternational System of Units (SI) ("Système International d'Unités" in French).
text: Metrication, or the conversion to a measurement system based on the International System of Units (SI), occurred in India in stages between 1955 and 1962.
text: The International System of Units (SI), the official system of measurement used throughout the world, especially in scientific applications, is based upon the metric system units.
text: The metric system or International System of Units (SI) is based on seven base units for seven base quantities that are mutually independent.
text: Note these are not part of the International System of Units (SI).
text: The formal definition of International System of Units (SI) along with the associated resolutions passed by the CGPM and the CIPM are published by the BIPM on the Internet and in brochure form at regular intervals.
text: Systems of measurement in use include the International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system, the imperial system, and United States customary units
text: At this time, only three countries—Burma, Liberia, and the US—have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures.
text: Currently, both the international foot and U.S. survey foot are based on the meter, and in fact all U.S. customary units are based on the International System of Units (SI).
text: The official symbol for the metric ton in the International System of Units (SI) is simply “
text: The International System of Units (SI, abbreviated from the French Système international (d'unités)) is the modern form of the metric system.
text: One of these committees is the Consultative Committee for Units (CCU), which is responsible for matters related to the development of the International System of Units (SI), preparation of successive editions of the SI brochure, and advice to the CIPM on matters concerning units of measurement.
text: The BIPM specifies 20 prefixes for the International System of Units (SI):
text: The metric system, or more accurately the International System of Units (SI), is an international system of measurement and the unit system most often used in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).
text: International System of Units (SI)
text: The SI prefixes are metric prefixes that were standardized for use in the International System of Units (SI) by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in resolutions dating from 1960 to 1991.
text: The BIPM specifies twenty prefixes for the International System of Units (SI).
text: In some fields of information technology, it has been common to designate non-decimal multiples based on powers of 1024, rather than 1000, for some SI prefixes (kilo-, mega-, giga-), contrary to the definitions in the International System of Units (SI).
text: According to the 2010 CIA Factbook, Myanmar is one of three countries that have not adopted the International System of Units (SI) metric system as their official system of weights and measures.
text: In October 2013, the Ministry of Commerce announced that Myanmar was preparing to adopt the International System of Units (SI) as the country's official system of measurement.
text: In 1977, these units, along with the stere and the livre (and amongst others, the German pfund) were proscribed by EEC Directive 71/354/EEC  which required EU member states to standardise on the International System of Units (SI) and therefore to use the watt and its multiples.
text: The International System of Units (SI) is the simplified modern version of the metric system.
text: The metric system or International System of Units (SI) is based on seven primary units for quantities that are mutually independent.
text: The Metric System of Measurement is part of the International System of Units (SI), and was created in France at the time of the French Revolution in the 1790s.
text: You might also want NIST SP 330, The International System of Units (SI) , which is the US version of the SI Brochure, and SP 811,
text: Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) , which has much more detail on usage.
text: IEEE/ASTM SI 10-2002, American National Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI):
text: For example, §3.2.2(c) of IEEE/ASTM SI 10-2002, American National Standard for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System , says:
text: The International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system, is preferred for many uses by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
text: The International System of Units (SI) is the standard metric system that is currently used, and consists of seven SI base units of length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, luminous intensity, and amount of substance.
text: It contains almost all of the elements of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system.
text: It shows that the metric system and the International System of Units (SI) had their origins in England and that the development of the metric system in France in the 1790s was heavily influenced by thinkers in the USA especially Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington.
text: This community seeks to promote the International System of Units (SI) and its use around the world.
text: Now there is a global standard, the International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system.
text: The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) is tasked with ensuring worldwide uniformity of measurements and their traceability to the International System of Units (SI).
text: I then wrote: The modern metric system, also known the International System of Units (SI) is a: System that is Universal, Coherent, Capable, Equitable, Simple, Supported, Fundamental, Unique, and Legal.
text: When I spelled out the initial letters of these words, this became: The modern metric system, also known the International System of Units (SI) is: SUCCESSFUL I found this acronym, and the ideas behind it, useful to focus my thoughts when writing this article to help support your decision to upgrade to the metric system and for you to become a metrication leader.
text: This coherence idea developed until it became a core part of the International System of Units (SI) in 1960.
text: The International System of Units (SI) is the modern coherent version of the metric system.
text: Remember, in the International System of Units (SI)
text: The gravitational metric system (original French term Système des Méchaniciens) is a non-standard system of units, which does not comply with the International System of Units (SI).
text: The US Metric Association (USMA), based in Windsor, Colorado, is a non-profit organization that advocates for total conversion of the United States to the International System of Units (SI).
text: The US Metric Association (USMA) advocates completion of the ongoing US conversion to the metric system, officially known as the International System of Units (SI).
text: The metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).
text: However, the International Prototype Metre remained the standard until 1960, when the eleventh CGPM defined the metre in the new International System of Units (SI) as equal to 1650763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red emission line in the electromagnetic spectrum of the krypton-86 atom in a vacuum.
text: Systems of measurement in use include the International System of Units (SI), the modern form of the metric system, the imperial system, and United States customary units
text: International System of Units (SI), French Système International d’Unités, international decimal system of weights and measures derived from and extending the metric system of units.