A system of weights and measures that uses the gram, meter and liter as its primary units of weight, distance and capacity. The metric system is used all over the world except in the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar (formerly Burma). See space/time.
Metric English
GRAMS POUNDS/OUNCES
gram .0022046 lbs. (.03527 oz.)
decagram (10) .022046 lbs. (.3527 oz.)
hectogram (100) .22046 lbs. (3.527 oz.)
kilogram (1000) 2.2046 lbs. (35.27 oz.)
LITERS QUARTS
1 1.0567
LITERS GALLONS
3.8 1
METERS FEET
decameter (10) 32.8
hectometer (100) 328.08
kilometer (1000) 3280.8
METERS INCHES
meter 39.37
decimeter (tenth) 3.937
centimeter (hundredth) .3937
millimeter (thousandth) .03937
micrometer (millionth) .00003937
nanometer (billionth) .00000003937
picometer (trillionth) .00000000003937
femtometer (quadrillionth) .00000000000003937
attometer (quintillionth) .00000000000000003937
zeptometer (sextillionth) .00000000000000000003937
yoctometer (septillionth) .00000000000000000000003937
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