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[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The second is one of the 7 fundamental units https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes it is, but SI is not all metric. Metric is fundamentally a base 10 system. Time is base 60 you can probably thank the ancient Sumerians for that but there's some debate. At one point the French tried to make metric time a thing but it didn't stick. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Short times are always given in scales of 10 for seconds (ms, μs, ns). And long ones can be too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) And machinists in America use decimal inches, but I don't think anyone would say that inches is metric. Spelling permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes it is, but SI is not all metric. Metric is fundamentally a base 10 system. Time is base 60 you can probably thank the ancient Sumerians for that but there's some debate. At one point the French tried to make metric time a thing but it didn't stick. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Short times are always given in scales of 10 for seconds (ms, μs, ns). And long ones can be too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) And machinists in America use decimal inches, but I don't think anyone would say that inches is metric. Spelling permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Short times are always given in scales of 10 for seconds (ms, μs, ns). And long ones can be too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) And machinists in America use decimal inches, but I don't think anyone would say that inches is metric. Spelling permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) And machinists in America use decimal inches, but I don't think anyone would say that inches is metric. Spelling permalink fedilink source parent