Definition of System of weights and measures

1. Noun. System of measurement for length and weight and duration.

Generic synonyms: Metric, System Of Measurement
Specialized synonyms: British Imperial System, British System, English System, Metric System, United States Customary System

Lexicographical Neighbors of System Of Weights And Measures

systaltic
system
system administrator
system architecture
system architectures
system call
system clock
system command
system error
system of logic
system of macrophages
system of measurement
system of numeration
system of rules
system of weights
system of weights and measures (current term)
system program
system pull
system software
systema alimentarium
systema digestorium
systema lymphaticum
systema nervosum
systema nervosum centrale
systema nervosum periphericum
systema respiratorium
systema skeletale
systematic
systematic desensitisation

Literary usage of System of weights and measures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"... and iti Application to a System of Weights and Measures. By Alfred B Taylor, AM, Ph.M. (Bead before the American Philosophical Society, October SI, ..."

2. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"... and inasmuch as trade was not particularly extensive, such a system of weights and measures amply sufficed.1 During the Revolution, however, ..."

3. The Works of Charles Sumner by Charles Sumner (1876)
"THE METRIC system of weights and measures. SPEECH IN THE SENATE, ... namely : —• " A Bill to authorize the use of the metric system of weights and measures. ..."

4. A systematic handbook of volumetric analysis or, The quantitative estimation by Francis Sutton (1871)
"ON THE system of weights and measures TO BE ADOPTED IN VOLUMETRIC ... IT is much to be regretted that the decimal system of weights and measures used on the ..."

5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"System of Weights and Measures.—Sacred Alliance.— ' Ecclesiastical Affairs.—Restriction on the Press.—Treaty with Algiers. Discussions respecting Commerce ..."

6. Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System by William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade (1906)
"In their report they recommended: " (a) That the metric system of weights and measures be at once legalized for all purposes. " (J) That after a lapse of ..."

7. American Druggist (1890)
"A perfect system of weights and measures, worthy to be universal, must not only be decimal, but must also be characterized by the simplest possible ..."

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