HyperDic: si_unit

English > 1 sense of the expression SI unit:
NOUNquantitySI unit, Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, International System of Units, International Systema complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists
English > SI unit: 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, International System of Units, International System
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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