How to Use metric system in a Sentence

metric system

noun
  • Where the metric system is in use, horse races are in meters.
    — Kelly Ward, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018
  • The ovens are in centigrade and the measuring cups are in the metric system.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The metric system, which makes far more sense than the imperial system, works in tens.
    — Elise Hannum, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The United States may have retired the metric system, but the rest of the world hasn't.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Most students were raised in the metric system, and suddenly need to think in pounds and cups, not kilograms and liters.
    — Anya Van Wagtendonk, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • The metric system's governing body has added some new terms to help describe massive amounts of data.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But Britain has moved toward the metric system for most purposes in recent decades.
    — Palko Karasz, New York Times, 27 July 2019
  • Its oddness was highlighted only after the world began to adopt the metric system.
    — Phil Jaekl, Time, 1 June 2021
  • Australians also use the metric system, so distances and speeds are measured in kilometers, as opposed to miles.
    — Krisanne Fordham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Commonly referred to as the metric system, this system has for centuries used physical guides as to what exactly, say, a kilogram was.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, though resisted in the land of its invention, the metric system gained adherents in other countries.
    — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2020
  • His last attempt was short-lived and perhaps best remembered for his proposal to switch the United States to the metric system.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Local dialects were effectively banned, and use of the new, highly rational metric system was required.
    — Christopher Beha, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
  • By the mid-20th century, the metric system dominated the globe.
    — Phil Jaekl, Time, 1 June 2021
  • This two-pack offers clear measuring with a classic two-sided design, one side for inches the other side uses the metric system in centimeters.
    — Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Scientists use the metric system, which measures distance in meters (m) and velocity in meters per second (m/s).
    — Ben Finio, Scientific American, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The metric system was a product of the French Revolution, which overthrew absolute monarchy and took the pied du roi down with it.
    — Katie Hafner, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Calm down, weather lovers, the National Weather Service in Portland is not moving to the metric system.
    — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Every country in the world, with the exception of Myanmar, Liberia, and the United States, uses the metric system.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • This date is meant to celebrate the International System of Units, otherwise known as the metric system.
    — James Panero, WSJ, 19 May 2019
  • Overall, the song earned 29,533 points — the highest since 2023, when the current six-metric system was introduced.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So, in June of 1799, two platinum standards—a meter rod and a kilogram cylinder—were forged, marking the creation of the decimal metric system.
    — Robert Rathe, National Geographic, 20 May 2019
  • While revolution raged, the metric system was born, Nat Geo’s History magazine reports.
    — Carlos Barria, National Geographic, 14 Sep. 2020
  • To make dishes like struffoli, biscotti, castagnole and torta pasqualina, the students view the recipe in both Italian and English and learn about the different metric systems.
    — Allison Bagley, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • When no one wanted to lose a fight compared to their co-stars, so Vin Diesel devised a complicated metric system to ensure fair fight scene time, with numerical values for each head butt, kick and body slam.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Plus, all the other countries in Europe seem to like the metric system, so converting everything to pounds, quarts and inches will make working with neighboring countries just a little more difficult.
    — Burbank Leader, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Ship Specs The following ship specifications are approximates, as the figures have been converted from the metric system to the nearest whole number.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2019
  • As a scientist who publishes in the scientific literature, the standard expectation is to use the metric system and the Celsius or even Kelvin scales.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The core problem involved measuring in the Imperial system instead of the metric system—had been ongoing for nearly 10 months, yet had been undetected.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Recipes from the United States will normally use imperial units (ounces and pounds), while recipes from outside of the United States will usually use the metric system (grams and kilograms).
    — Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022

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