Irony of 'Metric Reformers' left public to imagine and remain confused the 'term metric' with anything that had decimal multiples for pre- & suffixes. I have attempted to elaborate *that METRIC is whatever belongs and is linked to Metre*; while anything that is 'decimal' need not!There is no authoritative reference that defines 'metric'.
Thus, decimalisation of the HOUR and 'arc-angle' remain *decimal - seperately* till Nautical Kilometre gets its legitimate status '1/100th of ONE-degree arc-angle'. Techonology may wish to remain
'confused' with 'newer terminology - 'modern metric system' is a synonym for SI'. This may further delay cohesiveness among SI Units.
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From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:27517] RE: Litre SI Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 16:57:01 -0000
Unfortunately that is not a fix. The BIPM says that SI 'is the modern form of the metric system'. Thus 'modern metric system' is a synonym for SI.
>Of John S. Ward
>To fix this quandary, I suggest using the term "modern metric system" to
>encompass SI units including units accepted for use with SI, with any
prefix.
>By this definition, liters, milliliters, hours, km/h, etc. are all part of
>the modern metric system. Historical units like Torr, calories, dynes, and
>ergs are not.
>
>John
>
>On Thursday 06 November 2003 18:02, Terry Simpson wrote:
>>However, my experience of the general public is that the term of choice is
>>the undefined term 'metric system' rather than the strictly defined term
>>'SI'. So the scenario that you are suggesting appears unlikely to me. I
can
>>easily imagine a scenario whereby a member of the public says that the
>>litre is 'metric'. I cannot imagine myself challenging that.
>>
>>There is no authoritative reference that defines 'metric'. It appears to
be
>>inconsistent colloquial usage. Most people will probably say that the
litre
>>(BIPM table 6) is metric but the hour (also table 6) is not. However put
>>hour with km as in 'km/h' and the whole thing is regarded metric. It just
>>goes to show that people use fuzzy logic.
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