Si Unit (Noun)
Meaning
A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The international committee decided to use the SI unit of measurement to standardize data for their scientific study.
- A chemistry professor instructed her students to always express the quantity of matter in moles, as per the SI unit definition.
- A science teacher encouraged students to practice using SI units when describing quantities in the natural world.
- When taking scientific measurements in physics, always express quantities using SI units, the lab instructor warned her students.
- For consistent calculations in research papers, researchers preferred using SI units of temperature in Kelvin instead of Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Synonyms
- SI System
- SI
- International System Of Units
- Systeme International D'Unites
- International System
- Systeme International