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Metric is a French plot |
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metric is the international system of units (SI) officially used by all countries apart from the United States, Myanmar and Liberia |
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The metre is "wrong" |
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the metre is defined in terms of the distance travelled by light in a very precisely defined fraction of a second. |
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Centimetres are not valid in SI |
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in the international system (SI) centi- is a standard prefix and metre is a base unit. Centimetres are therefore valid in SI. |
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Metric requires decimal time |
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the second is an SI base unit. Minutes, hours and days are metric units. |
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Metric means compulsory use of decimal numbers |
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metric usually uses decimal numbers but there are specific cases like angular measure or time when decimal numbers are not used. |
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