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SI is an international standard system of units. Most people would call it the metric system. SI has standards for the kilogram and meter that can be referenced, to make and calibrate measuring devices.

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System International

Specially includes four more units of electric current, temperature, light luminosity, amount of substance

Includes two supplementary. One for plane angle and the other for solid angle.

So consistent.

Somehow an evolved system

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SI Units are based on the metric system

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