The eventual goal of all world standards is for CAD librarians and PCB designers to build all their library parts using the
metric unit system.
It originally was short for Galilei unit, the
metric unit of acceleration, but nowadays the short form is fully standard.
A preliminary report revealed the spacecraft's builder, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, submitted acceleration data in units of pounds of force instead of the
metric unit, newtons.
The initial
metric unit of mass, the "gram," was the mass of one cubic centimeter -- a cube 0.01 meter on each side -- of water at its temperature of maximum density.
METRIC MARTYR The late Steve Thoburn, right, who was fined for using scales that could not measure
metric units, with his friend Neil Herron.
Measurements can be input in imperial and
metric units with fraction.
He also confirmed that, as far as the Commission is concerned, market traders and small local shopkeepers do not even have to display
metric units on their premises - and never have done.
He also confirmed that, as far as the Commission was concerned, market traders and small local shopkeepers did not even have to display
metric units on their premises - and never have done.
Although NASA adopted
metric units such as kilometers around 1990, the remainder of the U.S.
ValDRILL products are now offered in
metric units and incorporate a wide range of design and construction features that deliver performance enhancements such as high productivity, output quality, long tool life and cost savings.
Transmitters are available for English or
metric units. With the transmitter, coiled cable, and handheld readout together weighing only 10 ounces, the DM-535 is readily portable.
Major elements are implemented in both English and
Metric units.
metric unit - a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds); "convert all the measurements to metric units"; "it is easier to work in metric"