Definition of International system

1. Noun. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela). "Today the United States is the only country in the world not totally committed to the Systeme International d'Unites"


Lexicographical Neighbors of International System

International Date Line
International Finance Corporation
International Grandmaster
International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews
International Labor Organization
International Labour Organization
International Load Line
International Load Lines
International Maritime Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Phonetic Alphabet
International Relations and Security Network
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
International System
International System of Units
International Telecommunication Union
International Wanted Notice
Internationale
Internaut
Internet
Internet Protocol
Internet Relay Chat
Internet address
Internet addresses
Internet cafe
Internet cafes
Internet forum
Internet forums

Literary usage of International system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1920)
"... NATIONS Criticism of pacifist proposals before the war—Danger of an international system to national liberties—The principle of intervention—President ..."

2. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"This connection between the United Nations and the international system within which it operates is essential to understanding Algeria's globalist approach ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"THE METRIC OR international system. The metric system of weights and measures was devised as an international system. The fact that it was first adopted by ..."

4. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"The international system is not yet 'ripe' for such a change, ... Transformations in the international system In the late 1960s a major process of ..."

5. The Theory of National and International Bibliography: With Special by Francis Bunbury Fitzgerald, Campbell (1896)
"... a Territorial Catalogue (not existing) in order to show how great is the loss resulting from want of an international system of Bibliographical Record. ..."

6. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1896)
"In a second paper on the subject* M. Richert takes up the use of the decimal classification as an international system of classification. ..."

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