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The International System of Units (SI) is the modern metric system used worldwide in commerce and science. The SI was developed in 1960 from the mks system and introduced newly named units. The SI is modified over time as measurement technology progresses and is used almost universally, with few exceptions.

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International Metric System...

The International System of Units (SI) is the modern metric system used worldwide in commerce and science. The SI was developed in 1960 from the mks system and introduced newly named units. The SI is modified over time as measurement technology progresses and is used almost universally, with few exceptions.

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SI base units used on ConvertUnits.com


Type length mass time electric current temperature Name metre Symbol m

kilogram kg second ampere kelvin s A K mol cd

amount of substance mole luminous intensity candela

SI derived units used on ConvertUnits.com


Type acceleration angle area capacitance density dynamic viscosity electric charge electric conductance electric resistance energy force frequency inductance mass flow rate mole flow rate power pressure speed surface tension torque voltage volume Name Symbol

meter/square second m/s2 radian square meter farad rad m2 F

kilogram/cubic meter kg/m3 pascal second coulomb siemens ohm joule newton hertz henry kilogram/second mole/second watt pascal meter/second newton/meter newton meter volt cubic meter Pa-s C S J N Hz H kg/s mol/s W Pa m/s N/m N-m V m3

volume flow rate

cubic meter/second

m /s mol/m
3

amount-of-substance concentration mole/cubic meter

non-SI units used on ConvertUnits.com


Type Name Symbol B

computer data storage byte

SI prefixes
Factor 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3 2 1 1 -1 -2

Prefix Symbol yotta zetta exa peta tera giga Y Z E P T G

1E24 1E21 1E18 1E15 1E12 1E9 1E6 1E3 1E2 1E1 1E1 1E-1 1E-2

mega M kilo k

hecto h deca deka deci centi milli da da d c m

10-3 1E-3 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
-6 -9 -12 -15 -18 -21 -24

1E-6 1E-9

micro nano n p

1E-12 pico

1E-15 femto f 1E-18 atto a

1E-21 zepto z 1E-24 yocto y

International System of Units


The International System of Units (abbreviated SI) is the modern form of the metric system. It is the world's most widely used system of units, both in everyday commerce and in science. The older metric system included several groupings of units. The SI was developed in 1960 from the metre-kilogram-second (mks) system, rather than the centimetre-gram-second (cgs) system which, in turn, had many variants. The SI introduced several newly named units. The SI is not static; it is a living set of standards where units are created and definitions are modified with international agreement as measurement technology progresses. With few exceptions, the system is used in every country in the world, and many countries do not maintain official definitions of other units. In the United States, industrial use of SI is increasing, but popular use is still limited. In the United Kingdom, conversion to metric units is official policy but not yet complete. Those countries that still recognize non-SI units (e.g. the U.S. and UK) have redefined their traditional non-SI units in terms of SI units.

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