metrication
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35|World map, colour-coded to show the years the countries started the process of official conversion to the metric system. Using data from PhD thesis by Hector Vera and NIST. Metrication or metrification is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system. This process began in France during the 1790s, and has persistently advanced over two centuries, accumulating into 95% of the world officially exclusively using the modern metric system. N
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Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Forerunners of metrication
- France (1795–1840)
- Germany (1810–1877)
- Italy (1797–1870)
- Netherlands (1799–1817)
- Norway (1875)
- Portugal (1814)
- Spain (1700–1889)
- Switzerland (1801–1877)
- United Kingdom (1824–present)
- United States (1830–present)
- Other English-speaking countries
- Global status of metrication
- Status by country/region
- Methods of conversion
- Industries and countries resistant to metrication
- Manufacturing and engineering
- Computers and televisions
- Consumer goods
- Land, area and distances on the ground
- Road and rail transportation
- Air and sea transportation
- Legacy of previous units
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
- Belize
- Metrication mishaps
- See also
- References
thumb|upright=1.35|World map, colour-coded to show the years the countries started the process of official conversion to the metric system. Using data from PhD thesis by Hector Vera and NIST. Metrication or metrification is the act or process of converting to the metric system of measurement. All over the world, countries have transitioned from local and traditional units of measurement to the metric system. This process began in France during the 1790s, and has persistently advanced over two centuries, accumulating into 95% of the world officially exclusively using the modern metric system. Nonetheless, this also highlights that certain countries and sectors are either still transitioning or have chosen not to fully adopt the metric system.
== Overview ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “metrication” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.