the metric system

Yeah, that worked out so well with the metric system.

I really had to get this car off the metric system.

But this was not the end of the metric system in America.

All of this, by the way, has nothing to do with the metric system.

The metric system has a much better way of measuring paper.

Well, the rest of the world uses the metric system, too.

He used the metric system, since the equipment was set up for it.

But all other countries use the metric system of measurement.

A number of variations on the metric system have been in use.

The metric system uses the second as a main unit of time.

The metric system had never quite caught on with Pitt.

In 1866 the Congress passed a law which allowed, but did not require, the use of the metric system.

In 1869 a new law made the metric system compulsory.

The metric system was adopted by law on 22 November 1878.

Today all official measurements are made in the metric system.

Most students are taught the metric system in elementary, middle, and high school.

Americans need to take the 15 to 20 minutes required to learn the metric system and apply it.

A few years later, the metric system was introduced also in Finland.

For swimmers who never learned the metric system, that works out to just over 82 feet.

It was used along with the metric system for a while but is now long discontinued.

But even there, the metric system is gradually gaining ground.

The usage of the metric system varies around the world.

The effort to establish the metric system had mixed success.

Some people think it has something to do with the fact that we're from Canada - which uses the metric system.

Many of us instinctively feel the metric system is too high tech.