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In the SI system, the base unit for mass is kilogram.

The SI system is the latest and current version of the metric system. Previous versions included the mksA system and the cgsA system.

Not all metric units are SI units. For example, in the now-defunct cgsA system, the gram was the base unit for mass, while the centimetre is a 'non-preferred' SI unit (because SI prefixes are based on 10 raised to the power of multiples of 3 -e.g. micro, milli, kilo, mega, etc.).

Interestingly it's the only SI unit today that is defined by an item rather than a physical property. Also, it's the only SI base unit that includes an SI prefix (kilo). The basic SI unit for mass is kilogram. In total, there are seven SI base units. The kilogram.
The kilogram is the SI (International System) unit of mass. See links to the left for more information about all SI units

Some other units of mass are: Gram, g (1 kg = 1000 grams; 1 gram = 0.001 kg) Milligram, mg (1 kg = 1,000,000 mg; 1 mg = 0.000001 kg) Pound, lb (1 kg = 2.20462 lb; 1 lb = 0.45359 kg) Ounce, oz (1 kg = 35.2739 oz; 1 oz = 0.028349 kg; 1 lb = 16 oz) Tonne, t or Mt, also metric ton (1 kg = 0.001 T; 1 T = 1000 kg) Ton, also short ton, (1 kg = 0.001102 t; 1 T = 907.1847 kg; 1 T = 2000 lb)

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