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Rob Thorpe rthorpe at realworldtech.com
Wed Dec 13 13:56:59 EST 2006 
Robert Uhl wrote:
> Christophe <chris.cavalaria at free.fr> writes:
> > Robert Uhl a écrit :
> >
> >> The argument from popularity is invalid.  French units have overtaken
> >> standard units,
> >
> > Never heard of that French unit thing. Unless you talk about that
> > archaic unit system that was in use before the metric system was
> > created.
>
> I use 'French units' instead of the term 'metric system' because the
> latter means 'measurement system,' and of course could validly be
> applied to _any_ system.

A good term to use, if your audience is likely to understand it, is "SI
units".

The current units used in science and for most measurements are
"Systeme International d'unites" Units.  The original metric system is
not really used anymore, SI is slightly different.
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