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Metric Voc
Metric 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metric system | decimal system of units based on the meter as a unit lenght,the kilogram as a unit mass,and the second as a unit time |
| length | the distance betweentwo points |
| mass | the measure of the quantity of matter that a body or an object contains |
| volume | amount of matter |
| meter | metric nstandard for lines measure;unit of distance |
| liter | basic unit of volume |
| gram | unit of mass |
| weight | force created by the respones of mass to the pull pf gravity; mesure of the heaviness of an object |
| gravity | natural force of attraction between any two massive bodies,which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
| scale | the instrument weight is measured |