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...
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century, most nations of the former empire had officially adopted the metric system as their main system of measurement, but imperial units are still used alongside...
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practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to the present. A multitude of systems of units used to...
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Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although...
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United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, since being standardized...
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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)...
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Historical Russian units of measurement were standardized and used in the Russian Empire and after the Russian Revolution, but were abandoned after 21...
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A coherent system of units is a system of units of measurement used to express physical quantities that are defined in such a way that the equations relating...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Traditional Japanese units of measurement or the shakkanhō (尺貫法) is the traditional system of measurement used by the people of the Japanese archipelago...
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used. Units, Systems, & History of measurement Chinese & Hong Kong units of measurement Japanese, Korean, Mongolian & Vietnamese units of measurement In...
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Korean units of measurement, called cheokgwan-beop (Korean: 척관법; Hanja: 尺貫法) or cheokgeun-beop (척근법; 尺斤法) in Korean, is the traditional system of measurement...
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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...
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number of units of measurement were used in the Philippines to measure various quantities including mass, area, and capacity. The metric system has been...
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Byzantine units of measurement were a combination and modification of the ancient Greek and Roman units of measurement used in the Byzantine Empire. Until...
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instead of Burmese script. The traditional Burmese units of measurement were a system of measurement used in Myanmar.[citation needed] Myanmar was one of three...
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International System of Units (SI). This system reduces all physical measurements to a mathematical combination of seven base units. The science of measurement is...
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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...
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The Tamil units of measurement is a system of measurements that was traditionally used in ancient Tamil-speaking parts of South India. These ancient measurement...
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Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city-states of Early Dynastic Sumer. Each city, kingdom and trade guild...
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695 m) International System of Units Metrication in Guatemala Portuguese customary units Systems of measurement Units of measurement Detailed tables in:...
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A number of units of measurement were used in Mexico to measure length, mass, area, capacity, etc. The Metric system was optional from 1857, and has been...
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system on 17 December 1923. Before metrication, the traditional system of measurement used in Thailand employed anthropic units. Some of these units are...
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In Nepal, some customary units of measurement are still used, although the metric system has been the official standard since 1968. The kos (kosh, krosh...
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Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement were used primarily by ancient Israelites and appear frequently within the Hebrew Bible as well as in later...
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The Ancient Arabic unit of measurements were a system of using units to associate with physical quantities. Arabic symbols are used to represent the values...
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Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor...
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