Assertion: metric system's unit | /r/CapableOf | pertain to given physical quantity
Facets:
value: around successive powers of 10
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It's not hard to explain why scientists use the metric system for scientific measurements; by structuring the units pertaining to a given physical quantity (e.g., length, mass or temperature) around successive powers of 10, the system's different levels of magnitude make a modicum of intuitive sense.