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Investigative Techniques > Weights and Measures > International System of Units

Preferred term

International System of Units  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • SI Unit
  • SI Units
  • Systeme International d'Unites
  • Unit, SI
  • Units, SI

Note

  • in titles use diacritics: Système International d'Unites; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

Scope note

  • A system of physical units in which the fundamental quantities are length, time, mass, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance, and the corresponding units are the meter, second, kilogram, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole. The system has been given official status and recommended for universal use by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007394

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