HyperDic: international_system

English > 1 sense of the expression International System:
NOUNquantityInternational System, Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Unitsa complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists
English > International System: 1 sense > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA 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).
SynonymsSysteme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units
Broadermetric systemA decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second
SpanishSI, Sistema Internacional de Unidades
CatalanSistema internacional

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