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British Imperial System, British system, English system
a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
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metric system
a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second
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United States Customary System
the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system
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cgs, cgs system
system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds
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International System, International System of Units, SI, SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unites
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)
