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The metric system has prefix modifiers that are multiples of 10.

• == A kiloliter is 1000 liters ==
• == A hectoliter is 100 liters ==
• == A decaliter is 10 liters ==
• == A liter is the basic unit of volume ==
• == A deciliter is 1/10 liter ==
• == A centiliter is 1/100 liter ==
• == A milliliter is 1/1000 liter ==

== As we move down the units, the next unit is one tenth as large. As we move upward, each unit is 10 times as large. One hundred milliliters, which is 1/10 liter (100/1000=1/10) are larger than one centiliter (1/100th liter). ==

metric system
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A decimal system of units based on the meter as a unit length, the kilogram as a unit mass, and the second as a unit time.

Metric system

A system of units used in scientific work throughout the world and employed in general commercial transactions and engineering applications in most of the developed nations of the world except for the United Kingdom and the United States. The basic units of the metric system define length (meter), mass (http://www.answers.com/topic/kilogram), and time (second).

The chief advantage of the metric system is that it is based on standards that have been accepted by international agreement, and it therefore provides a common basis for all scientific measurements. A second advantage of the metric system lies in the fact that only decimal multiples and submultiples of the fundamental length and mass units and of other derived units are employed. See also Physical measurement; Units of measurement.

A system of weights and measures that uses the gram, meter and liter as its primary units of weight, distance and capacity.

Metric English 1 gram .0022046 lb. (.03527 oz.) 1 decagram (10 gr) .022046 lb. (.3527 oz.) 1 hectogram (100 gr) .22046 lb. (3.527 oz.) 1 kilogram (1000 gr) 2.2046 lbs. (35.27 oz.)

1 meter 39.37 in. 1 decameter (10 m) 32.8 ft. 1 hectometer (100 m) 328.08 ft. 1 kilometer (1000 m) 3280.8 ft. 1 decimeter (1/10 m) 3.937 in. 1 centimeter (1/100 m) .3937 in. 1 millimeter (1/1,000 m) .03937 in. 1 micrometer (1/1,000,000 m) .00003937 in. 1 nanometer (1/1,000,000,000 m) .00000003937 in.