<span class="searchmatch">sistem</span> <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> n (uncountable) <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> system...
Compound of <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> + system, from French métrique. See also meter. IPA(key): /ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/ <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> system The system of units developed in France in...
and most widespread version of the <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> system. ISU (initialism) standard set of basic units of measurement <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> system ampere candela kelvin kilogram...
international d'unités or the International System of Units, commonly known as the <span class="searchmatch">metric</span> system. see Appendix on SI Units SI (international standards) ISO 3166-1...
English system. (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɨ̞sdɛm/, [<span class="searchmatch">ˈsɨ̞stɛm</span>] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɪsdɛm/, [<span class="searchmatch">ˈsɪstɛm</span>] system f (plural systemau, not mutable) system...
LeRoy F. Scott, Danny L. King, Dave L. McGalliard, “Featured Units”, in <span class="searchmatch">Metric</span> Manual, Denver, Colo.: [United States Government Printing Office for the]...