International System of Units

English

Proper noun

International System of Units (abbreviated SI)

1. (metrology) A standard set of units of measurement for use in scientific literature worldwide. The newest and most widespread version of the metric system.

Synonyms

• ISU (initialism)

Translations

standard set of basic units of measurement

• Azerbaijani: Beynəlxalq vahidlər sistemi
• Burmese: အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ယူနစ်စနစ် (a.pranypranyhcuing-ra yunacca.nac)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 國際單位制／国际单位制 (gwok³ zai³ daan¹ wai^6-2 zai³), 萬國公制／万国公制 (maan⁶ gwok³ gung¹ zai³) (former name)

  Hokkien: 國際單位系統／国际单位系统 (Kok-chè Tan-ūi Hē-thóng)

  Mandarin: 國際單位制／国际单位制 (zh) (Guójì Dānwèi zhì), 萬國公制／万国公制 (Wànguó Gōngzhì) (former name)

• Dutch: SI-stelsel (nl) n
• Finnish: SI-järjestelmä (fi)
• French: Système international d’unités m, Système international (fr) m
• Galician: Sistema Internacional de Unidades (gl) m
• Georgian: ერთეულთა საერთაშორისო სისტემა (erteulta saertašoriso sisṭema)
• Greek: Διεθνές Σύστημα Μονάδων n (Diethnés Sýstima Monádon)
• Hungarian: SI-mértékegységrendszer, SI-mértékrendszer
• Italian: Sistema internazionale di unità di misura m
• Japanese: 国際単位系 (ja) (こくさいたんいけい, Kokusai Tan'ikei)
• Kazakh: Өлшем бірліктерінің халықаралық жүйесі (Ölşem bırlıkterınıñ xalyqaralyq jüiesı), Халықаралық бірліктер жүйесі (Xalyqaralyq bırlıkter jüiesı), Халықаралық өлшем бірліктері жүйесі (Xalyqaralyq ölşem bırlıkterı jüiesı)
• Khmer: ប្រព័ន្ធខ្នាតអន្តរជាតិ (brâpônthôkhnatʼântârôchéatĕ)
• Korean: 국제단위계(國際單位系) (gukjedanwigye)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Pergala Navneteweyî ya Pîvanê (ku)

• Latin: Systema Internationale Unitatum m
• Malay: Sistem Unit Antarabangsa
• Portuguese: Sistema Internacional m
• Romanian: Sistemul Internațional de Unități n (de măsură), Sistemul Internațional (ro)
• Russian: Междунаро́дная систе́ма едини́ц (Meždunaródnaja sistéma jediníc), СИ (ru) (SI)
• Spanish: Sistema Internacional de Unidades (es) m
• Tamil: அனைத்துலக முறை அலகுகள் (aṉaittulaka muṟai alakukaḷ)
• Thai: ระบบหน่วยวัดระหว่างประเทศ
• Turkish: Uluslararası Birim Sistemi (tr), Uluslararası Ölçüm Sistemi, SI (tr)
• Uzbek: Xalqaro birliklar tizimi

See also

• metric system

• ampere
• candela
• kelvin
• kilogram
• meter (metre)
• mole
• second

 

Further reading

• International System of Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia