SI units

International measurement system

SI units are the internationally standardized system of measurement used in science and most countries worldwide.

The abbreviation comes from French *Système International d'Unités*.

The system comprises seven base units—meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela—from which all other units derive.

The experiment recorded temperature in SI units rather than Fahrenheit.

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