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- International System of Units
International System of Units(Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- SI Units
- Systeme International d'Unites
- n: SI Unit
- n: Unit, SI
- n: Units, SI
in titles use diacritics: Système International d'Unites; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
A system of physical units in which the fundamental quantities are length, time, mass, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance, and the corresponding units are the meter, second, kilogram, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole. The system has been given official status and recommended for universal use by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.
91(79); was see under WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1979-90