SI SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does SI system mean? 

• SI SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun SI 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: SI SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SI 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 ("SI system" is a kind of...):

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