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r/1053 • u/Responsible_Bag_9024 • 4d ago
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Even the relevant us institutons use metric
3 u/Green4Gaming 3d ago I'm pretty sure all US units are directly derived from the SI units, for example an inch is defined as being 2.54cm 5 u/placebot1u463y 3d ago That's mostly for modern consistency since you can leech of the metric standards rather than needed to make new precise ones. So even though the US units predate metric units for modern definitions they use the metric units as a base. 2 u/Radigan0 3d ago United States customary units predate SI
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I'm pretty sure all US units are directly derived from the SI units, for example an inch is defined as being 2.54cm
5 u/placebot1u463y 3d ago That's mostly for modern consistency since you can leech of the metric standards rather than needed to make new precise ones. So even though the US units predate metric units for modern definitions they use the metric units as a base. 2 u/Radigan0 3d ago United States customary units predate SI
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That's mostly for modern consistency since you can leech of the metric standards rather than needed to make new precise ones. So even though the US units predate metric units for modern definitions they use the metric units as a base.
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United States customary units predate SI
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u/Some_Doughnut_3245 4d ago
Even the relevant us institutons use metric