The units of measurement of German-speaking countries consist of a variety of units, with varying local standard definitions. While many were made redundant...

This is a list of obsolete units of measurement, organized by type. These units of measurement are typically no longer used, though some may be in limited...

of Units (SI). Metrology is the science of developing nationally and internationally accepted units of measurement. In physics and metrology, units are...

A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating...

fraction of a base unit. Many of the unusual units of measurements listed here are colloquial measurements, units devised to compare a measurement to common...

traditional Polish units of measurement included two uniform yet distinct systems of weights and measures, as well as a number of related systems borrowed...

variety of units of measurement were used in the various independent Italian states and Italian dependencies of foreign empires up to the unification of Italy...

France has a unique history of units of measurement due to its radical decision to invent and adopt the metric system after the French Revolution. In...

Traditional Russian units of measurement were standardized and used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution, but were abandoned after 21 July...

The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were...

imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined...

The units of measurement in transportation describes the unit of measurement used to express various transportation quantities, as used in statistics,...

of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units...

Europe and Islam. These influences are obvious in the names of the units. The measurement units themselves were, in many cases, inherited from a distant...

back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure. The US Customary system of units was developed and used in the...

people have made use of, or invented, units of measurement intended primarily for their humor value. This is a list of such units invented by sources that...

English units were the units of measurement used in England up to 1826 (when they were replaced by Imperial units), which evolved as a combination of the...

Anthropic units History of measurement International System of Units Korean units of measurement Mermin's foot Pous Systems of measurement The original...

Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although...

As of 2009, the European Union had issued two units of measurement directives. In 1971, it issued Directive 71/354/EEC, which required EU member states...

March 2023. Act current to 18 January 2012. Canadian units (5) The Canadian units of measurement are as set out and defined in Schedule II, and the symbols...

for various definitions of the league. List of obsolete units of measurement Portuguese customary units Spanish customary units Seven-league boots Walking...

was a unit of land measurement used in Kent in England at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 for tax purposes. It was equal to a quarter of a sulung...

systems of weights and measures originate in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC. Even the very earliest civilizations needed measurement for purposes of agriculture...

number of units of measurement were used in South Africa to measure quantities like length, mass, capacity, etc. The Imperial system of measurements was...

Imperial units defined by the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 List of unusual units of measurement "Barelycorn". Oxford Dictionary of English...

the ons is used for a weight of 100 grams, being 1⁄5 pond. English, imperial, and German units of measurement Sack, a unit of wool equal to 28 stone Per...

comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length)...

unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units it is defined as 16+1⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of a...

Alcohol measurements are units of measurement for determining amounts of beverage alcohol. The following table lists common sizes for liquors and spirits...