Concept information
Preferred term
International System of Units
Type
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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
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
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SI-systemet
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007394
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