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The system gradually takes shape through contributions by people like Gabriel Mouton. An early version uses gram, litre, and metre. The later version was adopted by France in 10 Dec 1799. Through colonial activity and Exposition Universelle (1867), half of the world population have adopted metric system by 1875.

Answer --> The SI system uses the Metre, kilogram, Second. An earlier metric system used centimetre, gram, second.

In New Zealand the change to SI was made in 1976.

Essentially all the countries of the world use the SI system of weights and measures. The exceptions are Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

Though the metric system has been legal in the US from early times.

And in Britain, "common measures" are still allowed and used. (pint.)

You can use the term "Imperial" only when describing British measures (including as used in other countries but note differences such as the US and UK Gallon). The metric system originally replaced a motley assortment of regional French units, within France; not Imperial. That came later.

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