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International System of Units

"International System of Units" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A system of physical units in which the fundamental quantities are length, time, mass, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance, and the corresponding units are the meter, second, kilogram, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole. The system has been given official status and recommended for universal use by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.

Descriptor ID	D007394
MeSH Number(s)	E05.978.507
Concept/Terms	International System of Units International System of Units Systeme International d'Unites SI Units SI Unit Unit, SI Units, SI

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Weights and Measures [E05.978]
International System of Units [E05.978.507]

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