Assertion: metric system | /r/CapableOf | use standard set of prefixes
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text: It uses a standard set of prefixes to define larger and smaller amounts of each standard unit; for example "kilo" in front of a unit always means "1000", so a kilogram (weight/mass) is 1000 grams, a kilometer (distance) is 1000 meters, and so on.