Sentence examples for system of measure from inspiring English sources

The SI system of measure is the official system of measurement and defines two units to count radiation: gray (Gy) and sievert (Sv).

Napoleon ultimately took a retrograde step in 1812 when he passed legislation to introduce the mesures usuelles (traditional units of measurement) for retail trade —a system of measure that resembled the pre-revolutionary units but were based on the kilogram and the metre; for example the livre metrique (metric pound) was 500 g instead of 489.5 g the value of the livre du roi (the king's pound).

Beginning with a review of early measuring standards that referred to the feet and inches of ideal bodies, the book then tracks how Enlightenment interest in a truly scientific system of measure led to the creation of the metric system.

where N x, Q is the probability density function of the Gaussian law with mean x ∈ R q and covariance Q ∈ R p × p. Therefore, due to the linearity of the fast SDE, the periodic system of measure ν is just a constant Gaussian distribution shifted by a periodic function of time v ( t ).

The following year the Cisalpine system of measure was replaced by the metric system.

In France, the metric system of measure was first given a legal basis in 1795 by the French Revolutionary government.

"This is one piece of a whole system of measuring".

*The U.S. uses avoirdupois units as the common system of measuring weight.

Dr. Morris said that the present system of measuring air-borne dirt doesn't give the whole story.

Brazil's dismal initial PISA results helped Cardoso implement a comprehensive system of measuring education results and school quality.

Revising the traditional system of measuring TV ratings, which counts only live viewership of programs, is gaining urgency because an estimated 17percentt of American households now own DVRs.