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Metric system has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

The system of measurements developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.

See Also
mole kelvin second mts base unit metrication imperial system international system of units
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
system of weights and measures
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cgs Systeme International d'Unites
Rhyming Words
tem stem item autem totem artem tatem retem satem hatem datem u stem bestem i stem hattem destem mortem system o stem montem
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