Sentence examples for metric system based from inspiring English sources

In the 1970's, when it joined the Common Market, the European Union's predecessor, the country pledged to replace its old imperial system, which uses pounds, yards, pints and the like, with the Europe-wide metric system, based on grams, meters and liters.

The Cisalpine Republic, a North Italian republic set up by Napoleon in 1797 with its capital at Milan first adopted a modified form of the metric system based in the braccio cisalpino (Cisalpine cubit) which was defined to be half a metre.

In response to this, in this paper, firstly, a metric using a fuzzy logic system based on the Sugeno fuzzy inference model for evaluating the quality of the realism of existing intrusion detection system datasets is proposed.

We define a non-orthogonal field-aligned coordinate system based on Euler potentials and compute the metric tensor coefficients for these coordinates numerically.

E.g. in the large city of Milan the apothecaries' system based on a pound of 326.8 g was officially replaced by the metric system as early as 1803, because Milan was part of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.

This paper presents a new hand gesture recognition system based on a novel canonical superpixel-graph earth mover's distance (CSG-EMD) metric.

He favors a system based on merit.

Freedom is a system based on courage.

The first practical realisation of the metric system came in 1799, during the French Revolution, when the existing system of measure, which had fallen into disrepute, was temporarily replaced by a decimal system based on the kilogram and the metre.

Of particular significance in view of its influence on polyphonic music was the metric system, which is based on six rhythmic modes.

In the original version of the metric system the base units could be derived from a specified length (the metre) and the weight [mass] of a specified volume ( of a cubic metre) of pure water.