International System of Units

International System of Units

English

Proper noun

International System of Units (abbreviated SI)

1. (metrology) A standard set of units of measurement for use in scientific literature worldwide. The newest and most widespread version of the metric system.

Synonyms

• ISU (initialism)

Translations

standard set of basic units of measurement

Azerbaijani: Beynəlxalq vahidlər sistemi Burmese: အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ယူနစ်စနစ် (a.pranypranyhcuing-ra yunacca.nac) Chinese: Cantonese: 國際單位制, 国际单位制 (gwok3 zai3 daan1 wai6-2 zai3), 萬國公制, 万国公制 (maan6 gwok3 gung1 zai3) (former name) Mandarin: 國際單位制／国际单位制 (zh) (Guójì Dānwèi zhì), 萬國公制／万国公制 (Wànguó Gōngzhì) (former name) Min Nan: 國際單位系統, 国际单位系统 (Kok-chè Tan-ūi Hē-thóng) Finnish: SI-järjestelmä (fi) French: Système international d'unités m, Système international (fr) m Galician: Sistema Internacional de Unidades (gl) m Georgian: ერთეულთა საერთაშორისო სისტემა (erteulta saertašoriso sisṭema) Greek: Διεθνές Σύστημα Μονάδων n (Diethnés Sýstima Monádon) Hungarian: SI-mértékegységrendszer, SI-mértékrendszer Japanese: 国際単位系 (こくさいたんいけい, Kokusai Tan'ikei) Kazakh: Өлшем бірліктерінің халықаралық жүйесі (Ölşem bırlıkterınıñ xalyqaralyq jüiesı), Халықаралық бірліктер жүйесі (Xalyqaralyq bırlıkter jüiesı), Халықаралық өлшем бірліктері жүйесі (Xalyqaralyq ölşem bırlıkterı jüiesı) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Pergala Navneteweyî ya Pîvanê (ku) Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធខ្នាតអន្តរជាតិ (brâpônthôkhnatʼântârôchéatĕ) Korean: 국제단위계(國際單位系) (gukjedanwigye) Latin: Systema Internationale Unitatum m Malay: Sistem Unit Antarabangsa Portuguese: Sistema Internacional m Romanian: Sistemul Internațional de Unități n (de măsură), Sistemul Internațional (ro) Russian: Междунаро́дная систе́ма едини́ц (Meždunaródnaja sistéma jediníc), СИ (ru) (SI) Spanish: Sistema Internacional de Unidades (es) m Tamil: அனைத்துலக முறை அலகுகள் (aṉaittulaka muṟai alakukaḷ) Thai: ระบบหน่วยวัดระหว่างประเทศ Turkish: Uluslararası Birim Sistemi (tr), Uluslararası Ölçüm Sistemi, SI (tr) Uzbek: Xalqaro birliklar tizimi

See also

• metric system

• ampere
• candela
• kelvin
• kilogram
• meter (metre)
• mole
• second

 

Further reading

• International System of Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia