Read the following email of proposal where a manager in a bank's call centre (Peter) is asking his manager (Sally) to approve a proposal to enroll his staff on a three day sales training course. From the context, try to guess what the meaning of the words/phrases in bold are.
It spun out of control because part of the software assumed Imperial units and another part assumed metric units. The units by which we now measure physical quantities is called the S.I. (System International) system established in 1960. Within this system, the most commonly used set of units in physics are M.K.S (Metres, Kilograms, Seconds) system. The basic units are shown in Table.
: a unit of force or weight equal to the weight of a kilogram mass under a gravitational attraction equal to that of the earth. See kilogram defined for English-language learners.. : the base unit of mass in the International System of Units that is equal to the mass of a prototype agreed upon by international convention and that is nearly equal to the mass of 1000 cubic centimeters of water at the temperature of its maximum density. 2.