A Series of unfortunate events

[rainie_hp]

A commonly used approach to measurement, characterized by measurements like centimeters and milligrams.

[Peter Pedant]

metric

there are a few of them - centimetre gram second is called CGS

metre kilogram second MKS - which sort of turned into SI - systeme internationale after I left skool

Metric has generated adjectives like cegesimal in Spanish which means metric-but-CGS,

and just in case you wonder what we used in England (imperial) that was foot-pound-second. Don't go back there, baby.

[kosoro]

Metric System