Editing International System of Units (section)

=== Birth of the SI ===

The 10th CGPM in 1954 resolved to create an international system of units<ref name=Giunta>{{Cite book |last=Giunta |first=Carmen J. |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-28436-6 |title=A Brief History of the Metric System: From Revolutionary France to the Constant-Based SI |date=2023 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-031-28435-9 |series=SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science |location=Cham |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-28436-6|bibcode=2023bhms.book.....G |s2cid=258172637 }}</ref>{{rp|page=41}} and in 1960, the 11th CGPM adopted the ''International System of Units'', abbreviated SI from the French name {{lang|fr|Le Système international d'unités}}, which included a specification for units of measurement.<ref name="SIBrochure"/>{{rp|page=110}}

The [[International Bureau of Weights and Measures]] (BIPM) has described SI as "the modern form of metric system".<ref name="SIBrochure"/>{{rp|page=95}} In 1971 the [[mole (unit)|mole]] became the seventh base unit of the SI.<ref name=NIST330/>{{rp|page=2}}