A system of weights and measures that uses the gram, meter and liter as its primary units of weight, distance and capacity. The metric system is used all over the world except in the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar (formerly Burma). See space/time.
Metric English GRAMS POUNDS/OUNCES gram .0022046 lbs. (.03527 oz.) decagram (10) .022046 lbs. (.3527 oz.) hectogram (100) .22046 lbs. (3.527 oz.) kilogram (1000) 2.2046 lbs. (35.27 oz.) LITERS QUARTS 1 1.0567 LITERS GALLONS 3.8 1 METERS FEET decameter (10) 32.8 hectometer (100) 328.08 kilometer (1000) 3280.8 METERS INCHES meter 39.37 decimeter (tenth) 3.937 centimeter (hundredth) .3937 millimeter (thousandth) .03937 micrometer (millionth) .00003937 nanometer (billionth) .00000003937 picometer (trillionth) .00000000003937 femtometer (quadrillionth) .00000000000003937 attometer (quintillionth) .00000000000000003937 zeptometer (sextillionth) .00000000000000000003937 yoctometer (septillionth) .00000000000000000000003937
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