INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Dictionary entry overview: What does International System mean? • INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (noun)
The noun INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM (noun)
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
International System; International System of Units; SI; SI system; Systeme International; Systeme International d'Unites
Context example:
Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites
Hypernyms ("International System" is a kind of...):
metric system (a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second)
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