Metrics+and+SI+Units

=Metric and SI Unit=
 * The metric system was developed in France in 1960 during an international meeting of nations.


 * Burma, Liberia, and the United States are the only nations that have not adopted the metric system as their national measurement system. (Except in Scientific Calculations)


 * The metric system is decimal, meaning that all multiples and submultiples of the base units are powers of ten of the unit.

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 * These are the countries that use the metric system. ||

[] =__SI units:__=
 * SI stands for the International System of Units, deriving from the french ' //Système International d’Unités'//


 * World's most widely used system of units, used in everyday commerce and science


 * System centered around the number 10


 * There are seven base units in the International System of Units.


 * Each base unit represents a different kind of physical quantity

The Quantities are listed below: __** http://www.greentechmedia.com/assets/images/si-base-units.jpg

http://www.hcc.mnscu.edu/chem/V.03/page_id_7987.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units**__