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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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);
- Example: "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"
[syn: Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Systeme International n 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); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites" [syn: Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Système International d'Unités Systeme International System International Système International (SI - International System of Units) The standard set of units of measurement set by the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1960. There are seven base units: the metre (length), the kilogram (mass), the second (time), the ampere (electrical current), the kelvin (temperature), the mole (number of atoms) and the candela (luminous intensity). These are defined either in terms of physical properties such as the speed of light or, in the case of mass, by a "prototype" lump of platinum-iridium kept at BIPM. Derived units like meters per second (speed) are formed by combining base units. SI also specifies a list of prefixes (multipliers like "k" for 1000). SI Home (http://www.bipm.org/en/si/). (2014-07-08)