The US uses a version of the Imperial system which is, in some respects, peculiar to the US. Burma, Another Country that has not adopted the SI system has its own system. I am not familiar with Liberia, the other large country that does not use the SI.
Within the US, most scientists usually use the SI system - unless they want to put their name to spectacular disasters like NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter! Most industries, if they trade internationally will use the SI system.
So it is only some die-hard troglodytes that do not use the SI system.
The US uses a version of the Imperial system which is, in some respects, peculiar to the US. Burma, another country that has not adopted the SI system has its own system. I am not familiar with Liberia, the other large country that does not use the SI.
Within the US, most scientists usually use the SI system - unless they want to put their name to spectacular disasters like NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter! Most industries, if they trade internationally will use the SI system.
So it is only some die-hard troglodytes that do not use the SI system.
The US uses a version of the Imperial system which is, in some respects, peculiar to the US. Burma, another country that has not adopted the SI system has its own system. I am not familiar with Liberia, the other large country that does not use the SI.
Within the US, most scientists usually use the SI system - unless they want to put their name to spectacular disasters like NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter! Most industries, if they trade internationally will use the SI system.
So it is only some die-hard troglodytes that do not use the SI system.
The US uses a version of the Imperial system which is, in some respects, peculiar to the US. Burma, another country that has not adopted the SI system has its own system. I am not familiar with Liberia, the other large country that does not use the SI.
Within the US, most scientists usually use the SI system - unless they want to put their name to spectacular disasters like NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter! Most industries, if they trade internationally will use the SI system.
So it is only some die-hard troglodytes that do not use the SI system.
The US uses a version of the Imperial system which is, in some respects, peculiar to the US. Burma, another country that has not adopted the SI system has its own system. I am not familiar with Liberia, the other large country that does not use the SI.
Within the US, most scientists usually use the SI system - unless they want to put their name to spectacular disasters like NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter! Most industries, if they trade internationally will use the SI system.
So it is only some die-hard troglodytes that do not use the SI system.
the government thinks that it would be hard for older people to learn the metric system.
seconds
The unit that belongs to both the US and metric system is the meter (m) for length measurement.
Pounds.
The unit that belongs to both the US and metric system is the meter. It is used to measure distance in the metric system and is also commonly used in the US for scientific and industrial purposes.
The Imperial System.
horse power
US customary units
There is no individual unit in the Metric system that is near one inch in the English system, I'm afraid.
The unit of length, meters, belongs to both the US Customary System and the metric system.
The US has not yet adopted the metric system used in practically every other country. The US basic unit of length is the foot.
Yes, the pint is a defined standard unit in the imperial measurement system and the US customary system. It is used frequently for measuring the volume of beverages and food. It is not an S.I. standard unit.