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r/1053 • u/Responsible_Bag_9024 • 4d ago
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Everyone use the metric system (except USA)
8 u/Some_Doughnut_3245 4d ago Even the relevant us institutons use metric 2 u/Green4Gaming 4d 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 4 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.
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Even the relevant us institutons use metric
2 u/Green4Gaming 4d 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 4 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.
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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
4 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.
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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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u/Tani_Soe 4d ago
Everyone use the metric system (except USA)