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meteric system
vocab
Term | Definition |
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systeme international | a decimal system of unit used mainly scientific work |
unit ~ meter | to be defined to be the distance light travel 1 /299 |
unit~ gram | a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram in |
unit~liter | a unit of volume equal to 1000 cubic centimeters or 1 decimeter |
length | often of a standard size that normally measured along great dimension |
prefix | is a letter attached to the beginning of a word or word base new meaning |
volume | is the measurement of the amount of space that a liquid ,solid or gas take up in a container |
weight | an object is the force of gravity on the object |
mass | the property of a physical body |
micron | unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter |