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Units of measurement give standards so that the numbers from our measurements refer to the same thing. Measurement is a process that uses numbers to describe...- Measuring something puts the amount of the thing into numbers. Measurement can be written using many different units. For example, if we want to compare...
- "system of measurement" is often used as a synonym for system of units. The international standard system is the International System of Units. Other systems...
- to be as long as a person's own foot. This was one of the first times a standard unit of measurement was put into place. In 1959, the United States, Canada...
International d'unités. The International System of Units is a system of measurement based on 7 base units: the metre (length), kilogram (mass), second (time)...
Metric system (redirect from Metric unit)Devices" (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 2013. Appendix C. General Table of Units of Measurement. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal...- Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement Archived 2006-12-14 at the Wayback Machine How to make a Gunter's...
- Centimetre (category Units of length)centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) measurement system. It is equal to one hundredth of a metre. Centi- is placed...
- Gigabyte (category Units of information)is a unit of measurement in computers and similar electronic devices. At first it meant exactly 1 billion bytes, usually referring to the number of bytes...
- The hide was a unit of land measurement. Everywhere in Anglo-Saxon England except Kent it was the land held by a peasant and his family. Originally it...
Electrical impedance Inductor weber (unit) Rowlett, Russ. "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Archived...- A system of units is a collection of units of measurement. The quantities described by the units are related to each other by specific rules. These rules...
- Hogshead (category Old units of measurement)A hogshead is a measurement unit in the imperial system. It was derived in the 14th century by weighing King Henry IV's hog's head.[source?] The measure...
Barrel (redirect from Barrel (unit))42-gallon measurement. A barrel can also be used to measure dry goods. For example, a barrel can mean 196 pounds (about 89 kilograms) of flour. The size of some...
Celsius (category Units of temperature)Celsius), sometimes called centigrade, is a unit of measurement used in many countries to measure temperature. This unit was created by Anders Celsius (1701–1744)...
Metre (category Units of length)basic unit of length in the SI measurement system. The symbol for the metre is m. The first meaning (in the French Revolution) was one ten-millionth of the...- natural unit means that the size of something else does not become used as a natural unit in that system. The old system of English measurements such as...
- Flash point (section Measurement)measure the flash point. The three main groups that decide this standard for measurement are the CEN / ISO Joint Working Group on Flash Point (JWG-FP),...
Metre Convention (category Measurement)enabled the BIPM to published the standards for the International System of Units (SI). Under SI, units of measurements that are used in science and engineering...- (tornadoes) Mohs scale of mineral hardness Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Okta (cloud cover) - a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at...
