Units of measurement - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Force: Encyclopedia Ii - Force - Units Of Measurement
The SI unit used to measure force is the newton (symbol N), which is equivalent to kg·m·s−2. Force - Non-SI units of force and mass....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement
The definition, agreement and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Units Of Measurement - Calculations With Units
Units of measurement - Units as dimensions. Any value of a physical quantity is expressed as a comparison to a unit of that quantity. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cubit: Encyclopedia - Cubit
Cubit is the name for any one of many units of measure used by various ancient peoples. The natural cubit is based on the distance betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units
U.S. customary units, commonly known in the United States as English units or standard units, are units of measurement that are currently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foot Unit Of Length: Encyclopedia - Foot Unit Of Length
A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. There are twelve inches in one foot an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement
Metric systems of units have evolved since the adoption of the first well-defined system in France in 1791. During this evolution the use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centimetre Gram Second System Of Units: Encyclopedia - Centimetre Gram Second System Of Units
The centimetre-gram-second system (CGS) is a system of physical units. It is always the same for mechanical units, but there are several ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weights And Measures: Encyclopedia - Weights And Measures
Weights and measures is a term used by legal authorities in English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom for a function related ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia - Japanese Units Of Measurement
Shakkan-hō (尺貫法, Shakkan-hō?) is the traditional Japanese system of measurement. The name shakkanhō originates from the name of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - History
The metric system was created during the French Revolution. On August 1, 1793 the National Convention adopted the new decimal "metre" wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Customary Units - Units Of Mass
There have historically been four different English systems of mass: Tower weight, Troy weight, Avoirdupois system, and Apothecaries' sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Attoparsec
A nonstandard unit of length is the attoparsec. It comes in disguise and even has a proper abbreviation, "apc". It is, however, rarely us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Measurement - Units And Systems Of Measurement
Because measurement involves the estimation of magnitudes of quantities relative to particular quantities, called units, the specificatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - History
The metric system was officially adopted in France after the French Revolution. During the history of the metric system a number of varia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Attoparsec
A nonstandard unit of length is the attoparsec. It comes in disguise and even has a proper abbreviation, "apc". It is, however, rarely us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement - Length
Notes: The value: 296 millimetres for the Roman foot is a usual rounding to the closest millimetre precision. A correct usual value, near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cubit: Encyclopedia Ii - Cubit - History Of The Different Cubits
Cubit - The Sumerian Nippur cubit and the Egyptian royal cubit. The cubit is among the first recorded units of length used by an ancien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centimetre Gram Second System Of Units: Encyclopedia Ii - Centimetre Gram Second System Of Units - Electromagnetic Units
While for most units the difference between cgs and SI is a mere power of 10, the differences in electromagnetic units are considerable; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Systems Of Measurement - The Metric System
Metric systems of units have evolved since the adoption of the first well-defined system in France in 1791. During this evolution the use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Units Of Measurement - Length
The basis of the shakkanhō length measurements is the shaku, which originated in ancient China. The other units are all fixed fractions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement - Length
Notes: The value: 296 millimetres for the Roman foot is a usual rounding to the closest integer millimetre precision. A correct usual val...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obsolete Scottish Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Obsolete Scottish Units Of Measurement - Area
A number of conflicting systems were used for area, sometimes bearing the same names in different regions, but working on different conve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Systems Of Measurement - The Metric System
Metric systems of units have evolved since the adoption of the first well-defined system in France in 1791. During this evolution the use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Attoparsec
A nonstandard unit of length is the attoparsec. It comes in disguise and even has a proper abbreviation, "apc". It is, however, rarely us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Measurement - History Of Units
History of measurement - Units of length. The Indus Valley units of length referred to above and the Mesopotamian cubit were both used ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Warhol
Unit of fame or hype, derived from Andy Warhol's dictum "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes" - it represents, naturally, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Seemeilen/woche
A German counterpart is the Seemeile pro Woche, German for a nautical mile per week. 1 Sm/Woche equals about 3 mm/s, said to be the nomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Si-imperial Hybrids
In the U.S., new units are sometimes formed by a combination of traditional units, still widely used, and metric units. Thus, grams per o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Kloc Or K-loc
A computer programming expression, pronounced kay-lok, standing for "Kilo-Lines of Code", i.e. "Thousand Lines of Code". Used, especially...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Helen
The amount of beauty that can launch one thousand ships. Usually used as the millihelen, the amount of beauty that can launch one ship. N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Gillette
A unit described by Theodore Maiman as an early measure of Laser output power. The measure was simply the number of razor blades through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Koskenkorva Bottle
In Finland, the standard yardstick for large amounts of alcohol is the Koskenkorva bottle, 0.5 liters at 38%, which works out to be 0.19 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Metric
There are also some obscure units used within the metric system(s). The issue is basically, that with arbitrary units and prefixes you ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Pinkwater
A notional unit of comfortable seating size; it can be used to describe both the width of a seat, or the width of a seat which a person n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Nanocentury
Another derived time unit, reducing a rather large time span (century) by preceding it with a fractional prefix (nano). As Tom Duff at Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Rods To The Hogshead
Both of these measures are antiquated units of measure, rods for distance, hogshead for volume (of alcohol). A Hogshead is different for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Gillette
A unit described by Theodore Maiman as an early measure of Laser output power. The measure was simply the number of razor blades through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Si-imperial Hybrids
In the U.S., new units are sometimes formed by a combination of traditional units, still widely used, and metric units. Thus, grams per o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Seemeilen/woche
A German counterpart is the Seemeile pro Woche, German for a nautical mile per week. 1 Sm/Woche equals about 3 mm/s, said to be the nomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Rods To The Hogshead
Both of these measures are antiquated units of measure, rods for distance, hogshead for volume (of alcohol). A Hogshead is different for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Warhol
Unit of fame or hype, derived from Andy Warhol's dictum "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes" - it represents, naturally, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Systems Of Measurement - Imperial And Us Customary Units
Both the Imperial units and US customary units derive from earlier English units. Imperial units were mostly used in the British Commonwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unit Of Measure: Encyclopedia - Unit Of Measure
See:- Units of measurement for relevence to weights and measures. Unit of account for relevance in economics. Other related archives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obsolete Scottish Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Obsolete Scottish Units Of Measurement - Volume
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement - Dry volume. Dry volume measures were slightly different for various types of grain, but often ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Systems Of Measurement - Historical Systems Of Measurement
Prior to the global adoption of the metric system many different systems of measurement had been in use. Many of these were related to so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Pinkwater
A notional unit of comfortable seating size; it can be used to describe both the width of a seat, or the width of a seat which a person n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Nanocentury
Another derived time unit, reducing a rather large time span (century) by preceding it with a fractional prefix (nano). As Tom Duff at Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Football Field
In the United States, this refers to the length American football field, which has a playing area 100 yards (91.44 meters) long. This is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Fff
While most countries have Le Système International d’Unités (SI), this seems to be one more reason to delve into the Furlong/Firkin/F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Books And Bible
When things started to take off for the data storage version of the Compact disc, called CD-ROM, journalists had to compare the amount of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Football Field
In the United States, this refers to the length American football field, which has a playing area 100 yards (91.44 meters) long. This is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Helen
The amount of beauty that can launch one thousand ships. Usually used as the millihelen, the amount of beauty that can launch one ship. N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Metric
There are also some obscure units used within the metric system(s). The issue is basically, that with arbitrary units and prefixes you ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Koskenkorva Bottle
In Finland, the standard yardstick for large amounts of alcohol is the Koskenkorva bottle, 0.5 liters at 38%, which works out to be 0.19 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Kloc Or K-loc
A computer programming expression, pronounced kay-lok, standing for "Kilo-Lines of Code", i.e. "Thousand Lines of Code". Used, especially...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Customary Units - Units Of Area
The units of area in the U.S. customary system are mostly based on the units of length squared, e.g., square inch (sq in, 645.16 mm²). S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - Cultural Issues
The swift worldwide adoption of the metric system as a tool of economy and everyday commerce was based mainly on the lack of customary sy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Gillette
A unit described by Theodore Maiman as an early measure of Laser output power. The measure was simply the number of razor blades through ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Fff
While most countries have Le Système International d’Unités (SI), this seems to be one more reason to delve into the Furlong/Firkin/F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Books And Bible
When things started to take off for the data storage version of the Compact disc, called CD-ROM, journalists had to compare the amount of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Helen
The amount of beauty that can launch one thousand ships. Usually used as the millihelen, the amount of beauty that can launch one ship. N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Kloc Or K-loc
A computer programming expression, pronounced kay-lok, standing for "Kilo-Lines of Code", i.e. "Thousand Lines of Code". Used, especially...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Nanocentury
Another derived time unit, reducing a rather large time span (century) by preceding it with a fractional prefix (nano). As Tom Duff at Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Fff
While most countries have Le Système International d’Unités (SI), this seems to be one more reason to delve into the Furlong/Firkin/F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Koskenkorva Bottle
In Finland, the standard yardstick for large amounts of alcohol is the Koskenkorva bottle, 0.5 liters at 38%, which works out to be 0.19 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Measurement - Introduction
Units of measurement were among the earliest tools invented by humans. Primitive societies needed rudimentary measures for many tasks: co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement - Time
The Julian calendar was introduced in 45 BC replacing the earlier Roman calendar. In the Julian calendar as in the Gregorian calendar an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Units Of Measurement - Other Japanese Units
Apart from shakkanhō and the metric system, other units are also commonly used in Japan. The most common unit found is the inch. Inches ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Units Of Measurement - Mass
1891 definition 1 momme = 15/4 gram (g) The Japanese unit of mass, momme, is a recognized unit in the international pearl industry. ......   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Units Of Measurement - Volume
1891 definition shō = 2401/1331 litre (l) These old-fashioned units are still used, for example, in sake production. ... See also:Japa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Systems Of Measurement - Imperial And Us Customary Units
Both the Imperial units and US customary units derive from earlier English units. Imperial units were mostly used in the British Commonwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Systems Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Systems Of Measurement - Historical Mediterranean And European Systems Of Measurement
Prior to the global adoption of the metric system many different systems of measurement had been in use. Many of these were related to so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement - Weight
... See also:Ancient Roman units of measurement, Ancient Roman units of measurement - Length, Ancient Roman units of measurement - Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement - Volume
... See also:Ancient Roman units of measurement, Ancient Roman units of measurement - Length, Ancient Roman units of measurement - Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Pinkwater
A notional unit of comfortable seating size; it can be used to describe both the width of a seat, or the width of a seat which a person n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Metric
There are also some obscure units used within the metric system(s). The issue is basically, that with arbitrary units and prefixes you ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - Si Writing Style
SI - Spelling variations. Several nations, notably the United States, typically use the spellings 'meter' and 'liter' instead of 'metr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - Units
The international system of units consists of a set of units together with a set of prefixes. The units of SI can be divided into two sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Rods To The Hogshead
Both of these measures are antiquated units of measure, rods for distance, hogshead for volume (of alcohol). A Hogshead is different for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - Units
The international system of units consists of a set of units together with a set of prefixes. The units of SI can be divided into two sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - Si Writing Style
SI - Spelling variations. Several nations, notably the United States, typically use the spellings 'meter' and 'liter' instead of 'metr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Books And Bible
When things started to take off for the data storage version of the Compact disc, called CD-ROM, journalists had to compare the amount of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si: Encyclopedia Ii - Si - Cultural Issues
The swift worldwide adoption of the metric system as a tool of economy and everyday commerce was based mainly on the lack of customary sy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Customary Units - Units Of Capacity And Volume
The cubic inch, cubic foot and cubic yard are commonly used for measuring volume. In addition, there is one group of units for measuring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Customary Units - Cooking Measures
The most common cooking weights and measures in the U.S. are as follows: 1 teaspoon = 1/3 tbsp = 1/6 fl oz ≈ 5 mL 1 tablespoon (tbsp) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Warhol
Unit of fame or hype, derived from Andy Warhol's dictum "everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes" - it represents, naturally, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Customary Units - Units Of Area
The units of area in the U.S. customary system are mostly based on the units of length squared, e.g., square inch (sq in, 645.16 mm²). S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Seemeilen/woche
A German counterpart is the Seemeile pro Woche, German for a nautical mile per week. 1 Sm/Woche equals about 3 mm/s, said to be the nomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Measurement - History
Laws to regulate measurement were originally developed to prevent fraud. However, units of measurement are now generally defined on a sci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Si-imperial Hybrids
In the U.S., new units are sometimes formed by a combination of traditional units, still widely used, and metric units. Thus, grams per o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - U.s. Customary Units: Encyclopedia Ii - U.s. Customary Units - Units Of Length
The system for measuring length in the United States' customary system is based on the inch, foot, yard, and mile. However, for each of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Measurement - Miscellaneous
Measuring the ratios between physical quantities is an important sub-field of physics. Some important physical quantities include: Speed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Measurement - Difficulties In Measurement
Measurement of many quantities is very difficult and prone to large error. Part of the difficulty is due to uncertainty, and part of it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Units Of Measurement - History
Units of measurement were among the earliest tools invented by humans. Primitive societies needed rudimentary measures for many tasks: co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Units Of Measurement - Base And Derived Units
Different systems of units are based on different choices of a set of fundamental units. The most widely used system of units is the Inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Units Of Measurement - Introduction
The definition, agreement and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Units Of Measurement - Systems Of Measurement
A number of metric systems of units have evolved since the adoption of the original metric system in France in 1791. The current internat...   » Read the article