# metric system

> decimal system of units that uses the metre as the basis for its unit of length

**Wikidata**: [Q232405](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232405)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/metric-system


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BBC Things
3. YSO-Wikidata mapping project
4. UMLS 2023
5. Quora
6. KBpedia
7. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)