| 单词 | metric unit |
| 释义 | metric unit (once / 393978 pages) n WORD FAMILY metric unit: metric units USAGE EXAMPLESIn one of NASA’s most embarrassing failures, the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft, was lost in 1999 because of a mix-up between English and metric units. New York Times(Jul 04, 2016) Ditto for quick problems like metric unit conversions. Time(Jul 30, 2015) But the two men began by clapping in the rapid metric units of flamenco dancers — a device to which they returned toward the duet’s end. New York Times(Jun 24, 2014) n a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) Syn|Hypo|Hyper metric metric capacity unit a capacity unit defined in metric terms metric linear unita linear unit of distance in metric terms metric weight unit, weight unita decimal unit of weight based on the gram cubic millimeter, cubic millimetrea metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, milliliter, millilitre, mla metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter centiliter, centilitre, cla metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter deciliter, decilitre, dla metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, liter, litrea metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkla metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters hectoliter, hectolitre, hla metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters cubic meter, cubic metre, kiloliter, kilolitrea metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters cubic kilometer, cubic kilometrea unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge femtometer, femtometre, fermia metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter micromicron, picometer, picometrea metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter A, angstrom, angstrom unita metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nma metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter micrometer, microna metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter millimeter, millimetre, mma metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter centimeter, centimetre, cma metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter decimeter, decimetre, dma metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter m, meter, metrethe basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkma metric unit of length equal to ten meters hectometer, hectometre, hma metric unit of length equal to 100 meters kilometer, kilometre, klick, kma metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) mym, myriameter, myriametrea metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters mcg, microgramone millionth (1/1,000,000) gram mg, milligramone thousandth (1/1,000) gram nanogram, ngone billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram grain, metric graina weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat decigram, dg1/10 gram carata unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg g, gm, gram, grammea metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram gram atom, gram-atomic weightthe quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element gram molecule, mol, molethe molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites dag, decagram, dekagram, dkg10 grams hectogram, hg100 grams kg, kilo, kilogramone thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites myg, myriagramone ten thousandth of a centner centnerin some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms centner, doppelzentner, hundredweight, metric hundredweighta unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms quintala unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms MT, metric ton, t, tonnea unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms unit, unit of measurement any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
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