metric system

1. The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide.

   metrisches System

   метри́ческая систе́маmetríčeskaja sistéma

2. The modern version of that system, Système International d'Unités (International System of Units), or SI that is based on the base units of the meter/metre, the kilogram, the second, the ampere, the kelvin, the mole, and the candela.

   see Appendix on SI Units

   a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

3. Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.

1. We use the metric system here.

   Ми тут користуємося метричною системою. — deniko

   ruУ нас тут метрическая система. — marafon

   deWir benutzen hier das metrische System. — Roujin

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2. Why doesn't the U.S. switch to the metric system?

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3. Do you know the metric system?

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4. Most countries around the world use the metric system.

   deIn den meisten Ländern der Welt wird das metrische System verwendet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. Americans will measure with anything but the metric system.

   ruАмериканцы измеряют в чём угодно, только не в метрической системе. — marafon

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