Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l).

This metric system had as its fundamental unit of length the meter, defined to be a small fraction of the length of a meridian of the earth. Other units of length were decimal multiples or fractions ...

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When the Reagan administration cut funding for the U.S. Metric Board in 1982, the agency closed its doors and the movement ...

or among units of length, volume and weight. In other words, the French introduced not only national standards, but a system of standards. It survives today as the metric system.