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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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used. Units, Systems, & History of measurement Chinese & Hong Kong units of measurement Japanese, Korean, Mongolian & Vietnamese units of measurement In...
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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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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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imperial units became the official units of measurement and remained so until Sri Lanka adopted the metric system in the 1970s. Various units were used...
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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...
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traditional Polish units of measurement included two uniform yet distinct systems of weights and measures, as well as a number of related systems borrowed from...
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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...
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unit of land measure in Valencia. International System of Units Metrication in Guatemala Portuguese customary units Systems of measurement Units of measurement...
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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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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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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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The obsolete Finnish units of measurement consist mostly of a variety of units traditionally used in Finland that are similar to those that were traditionally...
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Tatar units of measurement were used by Tatars until 1924 but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system. The Tatar system shares...
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of traditional Turkish units of measurement, a.k.a. Ottoman units of measurement, is given below. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923), the predecessor of modern...
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