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Metric system, a system (adopted in every European country except our own and Russia) in numbering of coinage, weights, measures, etc., wherein the integer is divided into fractions of a tenth, hundredth, etc., and no others. Contracts are not invalid on the ground that the weights or measures expressed therein are of the metric system. See s. 21 of the (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1878 which has taken the place of the repealed (English) Metric Weights and Measures Act, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 117), which recited that 'for the promotion and extension of our internal as well as our foreign trade, it was expedient to legalize the use of the metric system of weights and measures.' The Act of 1878, however, not authorizing the physical use of metric weights and measures, such physical use is expressly authorized by the (English) Weights and Measures (Metric System) Act, 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 46)....
Metric system
A system of weights and measures originating in France the use of which is required by law in many countries and permitted in many others including the United States the system is also called by its French name Le Systegraveme International de Uniteacutes abbreviated SI The principal unit of length is the meter see Meter From this are formed the are the liter the stere the gram etc These units and others derived from them are divided decimally and larger units are formed from multiples by 10 100 1000 and 10000 The successive multiplies are designated by the prefixes deka formerly deca hecto kilo and myria seldom used successive parts by deci centi and milli The prefixes mega and micro are used to denote a multiple by one million and the millionth part respectively giga and nano denote multiples of one billion 1000000000 and one billionth respectively The prefix for one trillion 1012 is tera and for one trillionth 10 12 is pico for one quintillion 1015 peta and for 10 15 one quintillion...
VerbarMillier
A weight of the metric system being one million grams a metric ton...
metrication
The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the metric system metrification as Great Britain has completed its metrification but the United States still resists complete change...
Liter
A measure of capacity in the metric system being a cubic decimeter equal to 61022 cubic inches or 2113 American pints or 176 English pints...
Myriare
A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares or one million square meters It is equal to about 2471 acres...
Myria
A prefix esp in the metric system indicating ten thousand ten thousand times as myriameter...
Millimeter
A lineal measure in the metric system containing the thousandth part of a meter equal to 03937 of an inch See 3d Meter...
Milliliter
A measure of capacity in the metric system containing the thousandth part of a liter It is a cubic centimeter and is equal to 061 of an English cubic inch or to 0338 of an American fluid ounce...
Milligram
A measure of weight in the metric system being the thousandth part of a gram equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water or 01543 of a grain avoirdupois...
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