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Gallon   Unit Of Volume gal Volume
A gallon is a measure of volume. It is in current use in the United States and still has limited use in many other English-speaking countries. Historically the gallon has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current...
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Liter   Unit Of Volume L Volume
The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. There are two official symbols: the Latin letter L in lower (l) and upper case (L). The litre appears in several versions of the metric system; although not an SI unit, it is...
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Pint (US)   Unit Of Volume pt Volume
The pint is an English unit of volume or capacity in the imperial system and United States customary units. The imperial version is 20 imperial fluid ounces and is equivalent to 568 mL, while the U.S. version is 16 U.S. fluid ounces and is...
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Quart (US)   Unit Of Volume qt Volume
The quart is an imperial and US customary unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. Since gallons of various sizes have historically been in use, quarts of various sizes have also existed. Three of these quarts remain in current use, all...
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Culinary measure
Fluid ounce (US)   Unit Of Volume fl oz Volume
A fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl.) is a unit of volume in both the imperial and the US customary systems. It is common to refer to the unit simply as an ounce, especially in cases where no confusion with the unit of mass (also...
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Cubic metre   Unit Of Volume m³ Volume
The cubic metre (US spelling: cubic meter, symbol: m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefixes, was the stère. Another...
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Milliliter   Unit Of Volume mL Volume
A milliliter is a metric unit of volume that is 1/1000 of a liter. It is the same as a cubic centimeter.
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Gallon (Imperial)   Unit Of Volume Imp. gal. Volume
The Imperial gallon was based on the volume of 10 lb. of distilled water weighed in air with brass weights with the barometer standing at 30 inches of mercury and at a temperature of 62 °F. In 1963, this definition was refined as the space occupied...
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Pint (Imperial)   Unit Of Volume Imp. pt. Volume
The imperial pint is a unit of volume or capacity that is equivalent to 20 UK fluid ounces or 0.56826125 litres.
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Kilogram Unit of Mass kg Mass
The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (known also by its French-language initials “SI”). The kilogram is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK;...
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Pound   Unit of Mass lb Mass
The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation: lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States: #) is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. A number of different definitions have been used, the most common...
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Tonne Lancement d'une fuséeProton-K à Baïkonour,le 20 novembre 1998 Unit of Mass t Mass
A tonne (t) or metric ton, also referred to as a metric tonne or tonne métrique, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilogram, or 2204.6226 pounds. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI. The proper SI unit for a tonne would be...
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Ounce   Unit of Mass oz Mass
This article is about the unit of mass. For the unit of force, see Pound-force. For the unit of volume, see Fluid ounce. For all other uses, see Ounce (disambiguation).The ounce (abbreviated: oz, the old Italian word onza, now spelled oncia;...
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Long ton   Unit of Mass L/T Mass
Long ton (L/T sometimes known as a gross ton, weight ton, or imperial ton) is the name for the unit called the "ton" in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as formerly used in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth...
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Short ton   Unit of Mass S/T Mass
The short ton (S/T) is a unit of mass equal to 2,000 lb (around 907.18474 kg). In the United States it is often called simply ton without distinguishing it from the metric ton (or tonne, 1,000 kilograms) or the long ton (2,240 pounds, exactly 1,016...
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Stone   Unit of Mass st Mass
The stone is a unit of weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Commonwealth countries. It is equal to 14 pounds and to 6.35029318 kilogram. Eight stone make a...
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Milligram   Unit of Mass mg Mass
A milligram is a metric mass unit that is 1/1000th of a gram, or 1/1000000th of a kilogram.
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Gram   Unit of Mass g Mass
A Gram is a unit of measurement for mass (or weight). It is 1/1000th of a Kilogram.
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Microgram   Unit of Mass µg Mass
A microgram is a Metric unit of weight that is 1/1000th of a milligram.
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Centimeter   Unit Of Length cm Length
A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, which is the current SI base unit of length. Centi is the SI prefix for a factor of 10. Hence a centimetre can be...
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Inch Measuring tape capable of measuring down to 1/32nd of an inch Unit Of Length in Length
An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ – a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English unit, Imperial unit, and United States customary units. Its size can...
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Meter Unit Of Length m Length
The metre or meter is a unit of length. It is the basic unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units (SI), used around the world for general and scientific purposes.Historically, the metre was defined by the French...
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Mile A spherical triangle Unit Of Length mi Length
A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial unit, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. Its size can vary from system to system, but in each is between one and...
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Miles or kilometers
Micrometer Micron Facility Boise Idaho Unit Of Length µm Length
A micrometre (American spelling: micrometer; symbol µm) is one millionth of a metre, or equivalently one thousandth of a millimetre. It is also commonly known as a micron. It can be written in scientific notation as 1×10 m, meaning . The symbol µm...
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Yard Vitruvian Man Measurements Unit Of Length yd Length
A yard (abbreviation: yd) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English unit, Imperial unit, and United States customary units. Its size can vary from system to system. The most commonly used yard today is the...
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Kilometer   Unit Of Length km Length
The kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol km is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metre. Slang terms for kilometre include click (sometimes spelled klick or klik) and kay (or k). There are two different...
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Miles or kilometers
Millimeter Atom schematisch Unit Of Length mm Length
The millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current SI base unit of length. For the purposes of compatibility with Chinese, Japanese and Korean...
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Ångström   Unit Of Length Å Length
An ångström or angstrom (symbol Å) (; Swedish: ) is an internationally recognized non-SI unit of length equal to 0.1 nanometre or 1 metres. It is sometimes used in expressing the sizes of atom, lengths of chemical bond and visible-light spectra, and...
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Foot   Unit Of Length ft Length
A foot (plural: feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English unit, Imperial unit, and United States customary units. Its size can vary...
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Hectare   Unit Of Area ha Area
A hectare (symbol ha, ) is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre (0.1 kilometer, or 100 meters, squared), and commonly used for measuring land area. A square 100 m on each side is one ha, the most common and convenient SI area multiple...
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Square kilometer   Unit Of Area km² Area
Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived unit. 1 km is equal to: Conversely: Note: "km" means (km), square kilometre or kilometre...
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Square mile 1 MileSquare Unit Of Area mi² Area
The square mile is an imperial and US unit of area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. It should not be confused with miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared. For instance, 20 miles square (20×20 miles) is...
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Square yard   Unit Of Area yd² Area
The square yard is an imperial/US customary (non-metric) unit of area, formerly used in most of the English-speaking world but now generally replaced by the square metre outside of the US. It is defined as the area of a square with sides of one yard...
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Square meter A square metre quadrat made of PVC pipe. Unit Of Area m² Area
The square metre (also spelled square meter, see spelling differences) is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m²(33A1 in Unicode). It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre. The square metre is derived from the...
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Degree Celsius A thermometer calibrated in degrees Celsius. The blue zone denotes freezing temperatures Unit Of Temperature °C Temperature
The Celsius temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as serve as a unit increment to indicate a temperature interval (a...
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Degree Fahrenheit Termómetro con escala principal de grados Fahrenheit y escala secundaria en grados Celsius. Unit Of Temperature °F Temperature
Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), a German physicist who proposed it in 1724. In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and the boiling point 212 °F, placing the...
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Kelvin William Thomson alias Lord Kelvin Unit Of Temperature K Temperature
The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base unit. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K). The...
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Degree Rankine   Unit Of Temperature °R Temperature
Rankine is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859. The symbol is R (or Ra if to distinguish it from the Rømer and Réaumur scales). As with...
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Calorie A nutrition label on a package of rice from the United Kingdom Unit Of Energy cal Energy
The calorie is a pre-SI unit of energy, in particular heat. In most fields, its use is archaic, and the SI unit of energy, the joule, has become accepted. However, it remains in common use as a unit of food energy. It was first defined by Professor...
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Joule   Unit Of Energy J Energy
The joule (written in lower case, or ) (symbol: J) is the SI unit of energy measuring heat, electricity and mechanical work. It was named after English physicist James Prescott Joule. One joule is the work done, or energy expended, by a force of...
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Watt-hour   Unit Of Energy W·h Energy
The kilowatt hour, also written kilowatt-hour, (symbol kW·h, kW h or kWh) is a unit of energy. Energy delivered by electric utilities is usually expressed and charged for in kWh. Note that the kWh is the product of power in kilowatts multiplied by...
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Pound-force per square inch A pressure gauge reading in PSI (red scale) and kPa (black scale) Unit Of Pressure psi Pressure
The pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: psi or lbf/in² or lb/in²) is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units. It is the pressure resulting from a force of one pound-force applied to an...
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Torr Una stampa raffigurante il tubo di Torricelli Unit Of Pressure mmHg Pressure
The torr (symbol: Torr) is a non-SI unit of pressure defined as 1/760 of an atmosphere. It was named after Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist and mathematician who discovered the principle of the barometer in 1644. Torricelli attracted...
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Pascal   Unit Of Pressure Pa Pressure
The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI derived unit of pressure, stress, Young's modulus and tensile strength.