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What is the basis of the metric system of measurement?

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Base units for mass, length, time, and charge, and the number 10. All metric units, quantities, and operations are combinations of these.

Example: 1 micro-Newton (a tiny force) is 1 kilogram-meter per second squared times 10^-6.

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