The General Conference on Weights and Measures (abbreviated CGPM from the French: Conférence générale des poids et mesures): 117 is the supreme authority...
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International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Europe. These trends culminated in the 1889 General Conference on Weights and Measures, with the distribution...
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fairness and transparency. Weights and Measures may also refer to: Various Weights and Measures Acts The International Bureau of Weights and Measures, the...
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Metrology (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
of Units (SI) as a result of a resolution at the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1960. Metrology is divided into three basic...
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Metric system (redirect from Metric weights and measures)
derived units. The system was promulgated by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (French: Conférence générale des poids et mesures – CGPM) in 1960...
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Metre Convention (redirect from Conference of the Meter)
authority of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) and the supervision of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM). These...
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occasionally disrupt timekeeping systems worldwide. The General Conference on Weights and Measures adopted a resolution to alter UTC with a new system that...
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The National Council on Weights and Measures (NCWM) is a not-for-profit standards development organization, dedicated to developing the United States...
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National General Conference on Weights and Measures, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices,...
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the General Conference on Weights and Measures decided to abandon the leap second by or before 2035, at which point the difference between TAI and UTC...
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Siemens (unit) (section Notes and references)
mho. The siemens was adopted by the IEC in 1935, and the 14th General Conference on Weights and Measures approved the addition of the siemens as a derived...
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Carat (mass) (redirect from Carat (weight))
and was finally proposed by the International Committee of Weights and Measures, and unanimously accepted at the fourth sexennial General Conference of...
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between weight and mass, the term weight continued to be commonly used when people meant mass. This led the 3rd General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)...
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Curie (unit) (section As a measure of quantity)
has a specific activity of 3.66×1010 Bq/g). In 1975 the General Conference on Weights and Measures gave the becquerel (Bq), defined as one nuclear decay...
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transition frequency of 133Cs as approved by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) on 16 November 2018. The kilogram is the only base SI...
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26th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) unanimously approved these changes, which the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM)...
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Standard gravity (redirect from Standard weight)
third General Conference on Weights and Measures (1901, CR 70) and used to define the standard weight of an object as the product of its mass and this...
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Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero (section From the Map Commission to the Geographic and Statistical Institute in Spain)
platinum and iridium prototype of the metre to all States parties to the Metre Convention during the first meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures...
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Unit of measurement (redirect from History of Weights and Measures)
of Weights and Measures (CGPM) was established. The CGPM produced the current SI, which was adopted in 1954 at the 10th Conference of Weights and Measures...
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voted to submit a resolution for consideration at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), to "take note of an intention" that the kilogram...
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activity, which is a property of the catalyst. The General Conference on Weights and Measures and other international organizations recommend use of the...
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24th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures. Sèvres, France: International Bureau for Weights and Measures. 21 October 2011. It was...
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SI base unit (redirect from Standards and Units)
speed of light. The 21st General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM, 1999) placed these efforts on an official footing, and recommended "that national...
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favor of the katal, the unit recommended by the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1978 and officially adopted in 1999. One katal is the enzyme...
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kelvins (symbol: K) was abolished in 1967 by the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM). Therefore, the triple point of water, for instance...
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Kelvin (section Derived units and SI multiples)
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2011-01-01. "General Conference on Weights and Measures approves possible changes to the International...
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from the Greek νᾶνος (Latin nanus), meaning "dwarf". The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) officially endorsed the usage of nano as a standard...
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Leap second (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
the International Committee for Weights and Measures, and in 1960 by the General Conference on Weights and Measures, becoming a part of the International...
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Decimal separator (category Internationalization and localization)
General Conference on Weights and Measures declared in 2003, "The symbol for the decimal marker shall be either the point on the line or the comma on...
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Celsius (section Name and symbol typesetting)
is known as one standard atmosphere. The BIPM's 10th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1954 defined one standard atmosphere to equal...
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