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International System

A complete, coherent system of units used for scientific work, in which the fundamental quantities are length, time, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, amount of substance, and mass.

International System

The English name for Système International [d'Unites], a decimal system of units used mainly in scientific work, in which the basic quantities are length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, amount of matter, and luminous intensity. In addition, the International System uses two supplementary units to measure plane angles and solid angles. See Table at measurement.

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International System - a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"

SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unites, International System of Units, SI

metric system - a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

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Bush, who has a long record of enthusiastic support for the entire modern international system, is unlikely to abandon the WTO.

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