NARRATOR: The metric system is a way of measuring things. So with length, the metric measurements are millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres. A stamp, would be measured in millimetres.

the use of the traditional English system of weights and measures in nonbusiness activities. In 1866, Congress authorized, but did not mandate, the use of the metric system and, since 1975 ...

A radical initiative for its time, the Metre Convention ultimately birthed a system of measurement that would transcend ...

Metric measurements — also known as the International System of Units ... "Really, the only two letters left in the English alphabet were R and Q," Brown says. "And then you throw into the ...

While these three countries continue to use the imperial system, both Liberia and Myanmar are gradually introducing metric units, which are already widely used in some contexts. In the United ...

Canadians measure weather in Celsius but cook using ... Most of the world uses the metric system. The Americans use imperial. And then Canada uses an unholy amalgam of both. It’s one of our ...

While we've been using the imperial system for a long time, the other major measurement system, the metric system, has still ...