SI (units) - SI

Japanese: SI(単位) - えすあい
SI (units) - SI

The SI is a system of units that was adopted in 1960 as a single practical system of units that could be adopted by all contracting parties to the Metre Convention. Its international abbreviation is SI, which stands for système international d'unités in French.
[History]
The metric system is a system of units established as a unit of measurement for everyday use. Since its application in 1832 to the measurement of the earth's magnetic field, and with the start of the provision of standards by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in 1889, it has spread widely to science and technology due to its rationality. At the same time, convenient units were created for each application field, and various unit systems were differentiated. However, new units and standards needed to be created in the field of electromagnetism, which became popular in the 19th century.

From [Unit]

…Most of these are in line with the principles of the metric system, so they cannot be rejected, but on the other hand, the diversification of the unit system must be avoided. After discussions that began in the 1930s, this contradiction was resolved for the time being at the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1960, and the International System of Units (SI) was established. The SI defines base units (meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela) corresponding to seven selected basic quantities (base quantities) (length, mass, time, electric current, thermodynamic temperature, amount of substance, luminous intensity), and also defines supplementary units (radian, steradian) corresponding to two supplementary quantities (plane angle, solid angle). For other quantities, it considers ``derived quantities'' through the intermediation of equations that represent the definitions and laws of physics, and defines ``derived units'' simply and clearly without using complicated coefficients. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "SI (units)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…メートル条約の全締約国が採用することのできる単一の実用的な計量単位系として1960年に採用された単位系。その国際的な略称をSIといい,フランス語système international d’unitésの略である。
[沿革]
 メートル法は日常の度量衡単位として制定された単位系であるが,1832年に地磁気の測定に応用されて以来,89年の国際度量衡局による標準供給の開始とあいまって,その合理性から広く科学,技術に普及し,同時に適用領域ごとにつごうのよい単位が作られ,さまざまな単位系に分化していくが,19世紀に盛んになった電磁気の分野でも新しく単位や標準を作る必要があった。…

【単位】より

…それらの大部分はメートル法の理念に沿うものであったから,拒否の対象とすることはできないが,一面,単位系の多様化は避けられなければならない。この矛盾は,1930年代からの検討の末に,60年の国際度量衡総会でひとまず解決され,国際単位系(SI)が成立した。国際単位系は,選ばれた七つの基本的な量(基本量)(長さ,質量,時間,電流,熱力学温度,物質量,光度)にそれぞれ対応させて基本単位(メートル,キログラム,秒,アンペア,ケルビン,モル,カンデラ)を定め,また,二つの補助的な量(平面角,立体角)に対応させて補助単位(ラジアン,ステラジアン)を定め,他の量については,物理学上の定義や法則を表す関係式の仲介のもとに〈組立量〉を考え,煩雑な係数などは用いないで簡明に〈組立単位〉を定めている。…

※「SI(単位)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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