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System of weights and measures   /sˈɪstəm əv weɪts ənd mˈɛʒərz/   Listen
System of weights and measures

noun
1.
System of measurement for length and weight and duration.





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... great ideas realized during the first period of the revolution, must be reckoned that of a uniform system of weights and measures. From all parts of France remonstrances were sent against the great variety of those in use. Several kings had endeavoured to remedy this evil, which was so hurtful to lawful trade, and favourable only to fraud and double-dealing. ...
— Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon


Words linked to "System of weights and measures" :   metric, English system, United States Customary System, British system, system of measurement, metric system, British Imperial System


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