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The metre, kilogram, second system of units, also known more briefly as MKS units or the MKS system, [1] [2] [3] is a physical system of measurement based on the metre, kilogram, and second (MKS) as base units. Distances are described in terms of metres, mass in terms of kilograms and time in seconds.
The CIPM's draft proposal was an extensive revision and simplification of the metric unit definitions, symbols, and terminology based on the MKS system of units. Following astronomical observations, the second was set as a fraction of the year 1900. The electromagnetic base unit, as required by Giorgi, was accepted as the ampere.
MKS may refer to: MKS (Switzerland), a broker of precious metals; MKS Inc., a software vendor (formerly Mortice Kern Systems) MKS Instruments, an American process control instrumentation company; MKS system of units of measurement based on the metre, kilogram, and second; M. K. Stalin, an Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other. . Systems of measurement have historically been important, regulated and defined for the purposes of science and comme
The National System for Integral Family Development (Spanish: Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia; SNDIF or just DIF) is a Mexican public institution of social assistance that focuses on strengthening and developing the welfare of the Mexican families.
The Federal Government of Mexico (alternately known as the Government of the Republic or Gobierno de la República or Gobierno de México) is the national government of the United Mexican States, the central government established by its constitution to share sovereignty over the republic with the governments of the 31 individual Mexican states, and to represent such governments before ...
MKS Instruments was founded in 1961 as a provider of products and technologies used to measure, control, power, and monitor critical process parameters of advanced manufacturing processes. [3] In 2001, the company acquired Emerson Electric's ENI Division which makes solid-state RF and DC plasma power supplies, networks and instruments. [4] [5]