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The metric system is the most widely used system of measurement, although the empirical system still seems limited use, like the United States.
The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement, first adopted by France in 1791, that is the common system of measuring units used by most of the world.
The system of measurement commonly used in most of the world is the SI or Metric system. Aside from that one, there are various others that are used in small areas by relatively few people. One of those is the "English" system, used in Burma, Liberia, and the USA.
It is a converter to the metric system, an international decimalised system of measurement, that is the common system of measuring units used by most of the world. Scroll down to related links and look at "Countries where the metric system is official are shown in green".
No it's not true. The vast majority of scientific reports use the S.I. metric system of measurement.
Most of the world uses the metric system for measurement.
That's the "Metric System".
The metric system is the most widely used system of measurement, although the empirical system still seems limited use, like the United States.
Most of the world uses the metric system for measurement. The main units used outside of the U.S.A. is the metric system or SI (System Internationale).
Systeme Internationale (SI)
It changes over from the US system of measurement to the metric system, accepted by most of the world.
Systeme Internationale (SI)
The metric system is used all over the world.
Systeme Internationale (SI)
There are two standard measurement units that are used across the world. Most countries either implore that metric system or what is called the US System.
The metric system is used worldwide and is the standard system of measurement in most countries of the world. It is simple to use because it is based on units of ten.
In the United States they use the old Imperial system of measurement, which the rest of the world abandoned centuries ago in favor of the metric system.