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See also: Self-injury , Silicon , Situationist International
(thing) by CentrX Sat May 06 2000 at 23:16:11

Abbreviation (French: Système International) for the International System of weights and measures, using the metric system augmented by scientific units used in technology.

SI base units:

length: meter (m)
mass: kilogram (kg)
time: second (s)
electric current: ampere (A)
thermodynamic temperature: kelvin (K)
amount of substance: mole (mol)
luminous intensity: candela (cd)

Compare: meter-kilogram-second, centimeter-gram-second, foot-pound-second, Imperial, metric system
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International System of Units Standard SI prefixes Situationist International meter-kilogram-second
Self-injury SI units ADOM Self Injury
foot-pound-second Things are more like they are now than they ever were before metric system centimeter-gram-second
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