The unit of mass is kilogram.
The unit of force is newton.
Newton.
Candela, It's the base unit for luminous intensity; one of the seven base units of the metric system.
The root word for length in the metric system is "meter."
The word "metric" refers to measurements and the metric system is a system for measuring physical and chemical attributes.
The English system is a measurement system; in a sense it is a metric system but it is not the metric system, so I would avoid using that word to describe it.
it has something to do with science like the metric system, metric ruler
We learned the metric system in math today.
The word "metric" refers to measurements and the metric system is a system for measuring physical and chemical attributes.
lb is a pound in weight. 14lbs in a stone. Pounds is abbreviated lbs because the origin is in the Latin word libra, which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo, the second word being the origin of our pound.
does international system of units mean a version of the metric system used by modern scientists
A word used to describe the inch-pound system is the 'Imperial' system. The Imperial or British measurement system uses the inch and foot as a measure of length, and pounds as a measure for weight. This is different than the metric system that uses the meter and kilogram to measure length and weight, respectively.
Because it is a system for MEASURING. The word 'METRIC' is derived from the word 'METRE', which is the fundamental unit of distance in this system. It also means a type of rhythm. The repeating rhythm in this system is the number ten.
My brother is two metres tall. A metre is a measurement of length in the metric system.