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The metric system is a system of weights and
measures developed in France in the 18th
century and recognized by other countries in
the 19th century. In 1960 an international
conference on weights and measures
recommended the universal adoption of a
revised International System (Système
International d'Unités, or SI), with seven
prescribed `base units': the metre (m) for
length, kilogram (kg) for mass, second (s)
for time, ampere (A) for electric current,
kelvin (K) for thermodynamic temperature,
candela (cd) for luminous intensity, and mole
(mol) for quantity of matter.
Subject by: Andrew Longhorn