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/ˌɪntərnˈæʃənəl sˈɪstəm əv jˈunəts/ Listen

International System of Units

noun

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). Synonyms: International System, SI, SI system, SI unit, Systeme International, Systeme International d'Unites.

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... three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the US - have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures. Although use of the metric system has been sanctioned by law in the US since 1866, it has been slow in displacing the American adaptation of the British ...

— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.