si unit

Questions about si unit

What is another word for si unit?

It depends which si unit you mean. In the sense “a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela)”, the synonyms are Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, International System of Units, International System. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of si unit?

WordNet records no antonym for si unit. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for si unit come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for si unitAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
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