Metrication In The United States
Metrication is the process of introducing the International System of Units (abbreviated SI for Système international d'unités), the metric system of measurement, to replace the traditional or customary units of measurement of a country or region. Although all U.S customary units have been redefined in terms of SI units, the United States does not commonly mandate the use of SI, making it, according to the CIA Factbook, one of three countries that has not adopted the International System of Units (SI) metric system as their official system of weights and measures, along with Burma (Myanmar) and Liberia.
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