[USMA:25980] RE: my German friend never heard of SI

[Bill Potts]

Brij wrote:

>This is 'ess eye' as the abbreviation in all languages  for Systeme
>Internationale d'Unites, to mean SI system of Units. Perhaps this is the
>only *acronym* that is not SIU, UIS or USI. Just SI!

SI cannot possibly mean SI system of Units. That would be redundant.

SI stands for Système International d'Unités and means, in English, International System of Units.

Once again, it is not an acronym.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
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