Metric System

Système métrique

Définition

Un système international de mesure décimal fondé sur sept unités de base SI, adopté officiellement par tous les pays du monde sauf les États-Unis, le Myanmar et le Liberia.

Explication

France introduced the metric system in 1799, initially defining the meter as one ten-millionth of the Earth's quadrant. The system's power lies in its decimal structure: converting between units requires only multiplying or dividing by powers of 10 (e.g., 1 km = 1,000 m = 100,000 cm). Science, medicine, and international trade use metric universally. The US customary system, while distinct, defines all its units in terms of metric equivalents since the Mendenhall Order of 1893.

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