While most of the rest of the world uses the metric system (formally known as the International System of Units, or SI), the United States uses the U.S. Customary System, which—fun fact—is ...

Whenever one left their seat and veered toward some­one else’s table ... A PSA from the US Office of Education aired in 1978 and promoting the metric system. The following year, opinion ...

The 20 recognized metric prefixes have been specified by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) for the International System of Units (SI), and ... from either Latin or Greek terms.

In other words, the French introduced not only national standards, but a system of standards. It survives today as the metric system.