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cgs system

(Encyclopedia)cgs system, system of units of measurement based on the metric system and having the centimeter of length, the gram of mass, and the second of time as its fundamental units. Other cgs units are the dy...

cardiovascular system

(Encyclopedia)cardiovascular system: see circulatory system. ...

urinary system

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Urinary system urinary system, group of organs of the body concerned with excretion of urine, that is, water and the waste products of metabolism. In humans, the kidneys are two small organs s...

Bertillon system

(Encyclopedia)Bertillon system bərtĭlˈyən [key], first scientific method of criminal identification, developed by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914). The system, based on the classificati...

SI, abbreviation for the International System of Units

(Encyclopedia)SI: see International System of Units. ...

euro

(Encyclopedia)euro: see European Monetary System. ...

European Currency Unit

(Encyclopedia)European Currency Unit: see European Monetary System. ...

European Central Bank

(Encyclopedia)European Central Bank: see under European Monetary System. ...

finance

(Encyclopedia)finance, theory and practice of conducting large public and private dealings in money. Important institutions of private finance include those that deal with insurance, banking, stocks (see stock), bo...

Mundell, Robert A.

(Encyclopedia)Mundell, Robert A., 1932–2021, Canadian economist, b. Kingston, Ont., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. , 1956). He taught at a number of u...