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METRIC UNIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metric unit mean?
• METRIC UNIT (noun)
The noun METRIC UNIT has 1 sense:
1. a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
Familiarity information: METRIC UNIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
metric; metric unit
Context example:
it is easier to work in metric
Hypernyms ("metric unit" is a kind of...):
unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metric unit"):
metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)
metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)
metric weight unit; weight unit (a decimal unit of weight based on the gram)
Context examples
A metric unit of volumetric flow rate defined as the rate at which one milliliter of matter crosses a given surface during the period of time equal to one second.
(Milliliter per Second, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram or 1000 micrograms.
(Milligram, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of length equal to 10E-10 meter or 0.1 nanometer.
(Angstrom, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter (10E-3 meter) or approximately 0.03937 inch.
(Millimeter, NCI Thesaurus)
The concept also refers to the metric unit of mass density (volumic mass) defined as the density of a substance which mass equal to one nanogram occupies the volume of one liter.
(Nanogram per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter (10E-12 meter).
(Picometer, NCI Thesaurus)
The metric unit of mass equal to one trillionth of a gram (10E-12 gram).
(Picogram, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of mass equal to one one thousandth of a kilogram.
(Gram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A metric unit of distance equal to 1000 meters, 0.621 miles, 1094 yards, or 3281 feet.
(Kilometer, NCI Thesaurus)
A metric unit of volumetric radioactivity concentration defined as a concentration of a radionuclide with an activity equal to one becquerel per unit volume equal to one millionth of a liter.
(Becquerel per Microliter, NCI Thesaurus)
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