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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Metric System
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Sistema Métrico
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Sistema Métrico
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Synonyms English:
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Metric Systems
System, Metric
Systems, Metric
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Tree Number:
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E05.978.539
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Definition English:
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A system of units used in scientific work throughout the world and employed in general commercial transactions and engineering applications. Its units of length, time, and mass are the meter, second, and kilogram respectively, or decimal multiples and submultiples thereof. ( McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) |
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History Note English:
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74
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8982
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Unique Identifier:
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D008792
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DeCS
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