General Conference on Weights and Measures

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intergovernmental organization international standards body metrology organization

The General Conference on Weights and Measures is the international authority that makes key decisions on the global system of units (SI), including defining and revising fundamental measurement standards.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
General Conference on Weights and Measures canonical	17
CGPM	3
Conférence générale des poids et mesures	1
General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)	1
General Conference on Weights and Measures series of meetings	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ international standards body ⓘ metrology organization ⓘ
abbreviation	SI ⓘ
adopts	definitions of fundamental physical constants used in metrology ⓘ resolutions on SI units and prefixes ⓘ
convenesAt	International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
defines	base units of the International System of Units ⓘ derived units of the International System of Units ⓘ
fieldOfWork	international system of units ⓘ measurement standards ⓘ metrology ⓘ
foundedBy	Metre Convention ⓘ
hasMember	associate states and economies of the CGPM ⓘ states party to the Metre Convention ⓘ
hasSubsidiaryBody	International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Sèvres ⓘ surface form: Sèvres, France
inception	1875 ⓘ
introduced	new SI prefixes such as ronna and quetta ⓘ
jurisdiction	international ⓘ
legalBasis	Metre Convention ⓘ surface form: Treaty of the Metre
locatedIn	International Bureau of Weights and Measures campus ⓘ Pavillon de Breteuil ⓘ
meetsEvery	four years ⓘ
notableEvent	2018 decision to redefine the SI based on fixed numerical values of fundamental constants ⓘ
numberOfAssociates	approximately 40 associate states and economies ⓘ
numberOfMemberStates	approximately 60 member states ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
oversees	International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ
parentOrganization	Metre Convention ⓘ surface form: Metre Convention member states
purpose	to ensure worldwide uniformity of measurements ⓘ to establish and maintain the International System of Units ⓘ
responsibleFor	International System of Units ⓘ
revised	definition of the ampere ⓘ definition of the candela ⓘ definition of the kelvin ⓘ definition of the kilogram ⓘ definition of the metre ⓘ definition of the mole ⓘ definition of the second ⓘ
sessionNumber	first session held in 1889 ⓘ
shortName	General Conference on Weights and Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CGPM General Conference on Weights and Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Conférence générale des poids et mesures
supervises	International Committee for Weights and Measures ⓘ
website	https://www.bipm.org/en/cgpm ⓘ
worksWith	international standards organizations ⓘ national metrology institutes ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Bureau of Weights and Measures → hasOrgan → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

International Bureau of Weights and Measures → parentOrganization → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

26th General Conference on Weights and Measures → organizedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)

hertz → approvedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

SI second → definingBody → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

SI second → definingBodyAbbreviation → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: CGPM

CIPM → parentOrganization → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

CIPM → reportsTo → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

newton → adoptedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

SI → governingBody → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: CGPM

sievert → approvedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

becquerel → approvedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

CGPM resolutions → definedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

CGPM resolutions → issuedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

Metre Convention → created → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

Metre Convention → governingBody → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

General Conference on Weights and Measures → shortName → General Conference on Weights and Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CGPM

General Conference on Weights and Measures → shortName → General Conference on Weights and Measures self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conférence générale des poids et mesures

International Committee for Weights and Measures → worksWith → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

International Committee for Weights and Measures → subordinateTo → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

27th General Conference on Weights and Measures → isEditionOf → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Conference on Weights and Measures series of meetings

Bq → standardizedBy → General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ