si unit

Questions about si unit

What does si unit mean?

si unit means "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)".

What is another word for si unit?

Close synonyms include Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, International System of Units. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is si unit a common word?

si unit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.