system of weights and measures

Definitions of system of weights and measures

1. noun

   system of measurement for length and weight and duration
   types:

   British Imperial System, British system, English system

   a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint

   metric system

   a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

   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

   cgs, cgs system

   system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds

   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)

   type of:

   metric, system of measurement

   a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic