Preferred Label : metric system;
MeSH definition : A system of units used in scientific work throughout the world and employed in general
commercial transactions and engineering applications. Its units of length, time, and
mass are the meter, second, and kilogram respectively, or decimal multiples and submultiples
thereof. ( McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed);
MeSH synonym : system, metric; metric systems; systems, metric;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric system;
Origin ID : D008792;
UMLS CUI : C0025867;
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A system of units used in scientific work throughout the world and employed in general
commercial transactions and engineering applications. Its units of length, time, and
mass are the meter, second, and kilogram respectively, or decimal multiples and submultiples
thereof. ( McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)