English noun: system of measurement | |||
1. | system of measurement (quantity) a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic | ||
Synonyms | metric | ||
Broader (hypernym) | amount, measure, quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Beaufort scale, board measure, Brix scale, circular measure, criterion, information measure, measure, point system, standard, system of weights, system of weights and measures, temperature scale, touchstone, utility, weight | ||