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system of units

collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other
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system of units

Summary

system of units is a type of system[1]. It draws 740 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_system category, ranking #17 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • system of units's instance of is recorded as type of system[3].
  • system of units is a type of conceptual system[4].
  • system of units's Commons category is recorded as Systems of units[5].
  • system of units comprises unit of measurement[6].
  • system of units's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Systems of units[7].
  • system of units's described by source is recorded as International Vocabulary of Metrology (3rd edition, 2012)[8].
  • system of units's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[9].
  • system of units's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General[10].
  • system of units's topic has template is recorded as Template:Systems of measurement[11].
  • system of units's different from is recorded as system of quantities[12].
  • system of units's different from is recorded as measuring equipment[13].

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Definition and Type

system of units's instance of is recorded as type of system[3]. It is a type of conceptual system[4].

Use and Application

system of units comprises unit of measurement[6].

Why It Matters

system of units draws 740 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_system category, ranking #17 of 52).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of system
    Topic has template → Template:Systems of measurement
    Has part(s) → unit of measurement
    Subclass of → conceptual system
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4499, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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