"metric system" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛtɹɪk ˌsɪstəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-metric system.wav
Etymology: Compound of metric + system, from French métrique. See also meter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|metric|system}} metric + system, {{der|en|fr|métrique}} French métrique Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} metric system
  1. The system of units developed in France in the 1790s and now used worldwide. Translations (system of measurements developed in France): sistema mètric [masculine] (Catalan), 國際公制 (Chinese Mandarin), 国际公制 (guójì gōngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 公制 (gōngzhì) [short-form] (Chinese Mandarin), metrijärjestelmä (Finnish), système métrique [masculine] (French), მეტრული სისტემა (meṭruli sisṭema) (Georgian), metrisches System [neuter] (German), méterrendszer (Hungarian), metrala sistemo (Ido), córas méadrach [masculine] (Irish), 미터법 (miteobeop) (alt: ) (Korean), sistema métrico (Portuguese), sistem metric [neuter] (Romanian), метри́ческая систе́ма (metríčeskaja sistéma) [feminine] (Russian), sistema métrico [masculine] (Spanish), ระบบเมตริก (rá-bòp-mee-dtrìk) (Thai), metrik sistem (Turkish), system fedrig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-metric_system-en-noun-j5OlgsoW Categories (other): Metric system Disambiguation of Metric system: 26 40 35 Disambiguation of 'system of measurements developed in France': 75 16 9
  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. Categories (topical): Systems
    Sense id: en-metric_system-en-noun-HqEW-gtx Disambiguation of Systems: 23 55 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Metric system Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 46 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 52 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 55 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 52 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 57 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 54 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 23 52 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 60 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 24 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 57 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 61 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 24 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 58 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 25 56 19 Disambiguation of Metric system: 26 40 35
  3. Any variant of that system that was not codified as SI, such as cgs.
    Sense id: en-metric_system-en-noun-kiMRcfOV Categories (other): Metric system Disambiguation of Metric system: 26 40 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: metric [abbreviation], SI Hyponyms: cgs [variant], mks [variant], MTS [variant] Related terms: metrication, metric conversion, decimalization

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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "miteobeop",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "word": "미터법"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "word": "sistema métrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sistem metric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metríčeskaja sistéma",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "метри́ческая систе́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sistema métrico"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-bòp-mee-dtrìk",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "word": "ระบบเมตริก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "word": "metrik sistem"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "system of measurements developed in France",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "system fedrig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metric system"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (système international): SI desc=système international rest=SI cls=romanization cls2=english e1=False e2=True",
  "path": [
    "metric system"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "metric system",
  "trace": ""
}

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