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Meaning of metric system | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/

Definitions

  1. The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.
  2. The modern version of that system, Système International d'Unités (International System of Units), or SI that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.
  3. Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

Equivalents

Examples

“see Appendix on SI Units”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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