| 单词 | metric system |
| 释义 | metric system (once / 39008 pages) n If you learned to measure things in school using centimeters rather than inches, you're familiar with the metric system. Most industrialized countries use the metric system to measure and weigh things, although the United States does not. If you cross the border from Maine into Quebec, you'll see the speed limit signs change from miles to kilometers per hour, as Canada uses the metric system. The root word is the French mèter, and metric means "based on the meter." WORD FAMILYmetric system: metric systems USAGE EXAMPLESThe channel also refused to let him use the metric system, he said. The Guardian(Nov 02, 2016) “I recall plotting the height and width on the metric system with someone in Germany who had a thick accent,” Ms. Buckingham said. Wall Street Journal(Sep 29, 2016) There are two types of nation: those that use the metric system and those that have put a man on the Moon. Nature(Sep 12, 2016) n a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second Hypo|Hyper cgs, cgs system system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds International System, International System of Units, SI, SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unitesa 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) system of weights and measures system of measurement for length and weight and duration |
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