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Ampere
noun · 78% connection
The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Ancient
adjective · 78% connection
Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
C. G. S.
unknown · 78% connection
An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centim…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Crith
noun · 78% connection
The unit for estimating the weight of a/riform substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0/ centigrade, and with a tension o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decagramme
noun · 78% connection
A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decalitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gall…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decametre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decigramme
noun · 78% connection
A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decilitre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decimal
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the uni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Decimetre
noun · 78% connection
A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Degree
noun · 78% connection
A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Dioptre
noun · 78% connection
A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose pri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Gramme
noun · 78% connection
The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Homodemic
adjective · 78% connection
A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Hyper-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperaemia, hy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Installment
noun · 78% connection
A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
Intensity
noun · 78% connection
The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, signifying, specifically, metric, system.
