| NOUN | quantity | SI unit, Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, International System of Units, International System | a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists |
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| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonyms | Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, International System of Units, International System | |
| Broader | metric system | A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second |
| Spanish | SI, Sistema Internacional de Unidades | |
| Catalan | Sistema internacional | |
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