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<p>and non-SI units.</p>

<p><big> History </big></p>
<p><big>Metric system</big></p>
<p><big>SI</big></p>
<p>The <a href="page.php?w=SI_base_unit">base unit</a> in the International System of Units (SI) is the <a href="page.php?w=metre">metre</a>, defined as "the length of the path travelled by <a href="page.php?w=speed_of_light">light</a> in vacuum during a time interval of  seconds." It is approximately equal to . Other SI units are derived from the metre by adding <a href="page.php?w=Metric_prefix">prefixes</a>, as in millimetre or kilometre, thus producing systematic</p><p>
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