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A Measurement System is an interrelated set of units for measuring the world: time and space, mass, speed, radiation, etc. A system may be as comprehensive as the metric system, or as limited in scope as the astronomical units of length or the troy system of weights.
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| x International System of Units |
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Megametre | Tonne | Second |
The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French le Système international d'unités) is the modern form of the metric system and is generally a system devised around the convenience of the number ten. It is the world's most widely...
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| x English unit |
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League | Pound |
English units refers to the historical units of measurement in medieval England, which evolved as a combination of the Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems of units. They were redefined in England in 1824 by a Weights and Measures Act, which retained many...
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| x Imperial unit system |
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League | Long ton |
Imperial units or the imperial system is a system of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The system came into official use across the British Empire. By the late 20th century...
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| x US customary units |
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Mile | Short ton |
The United States customary system (also called American system or, more rarely, "English units") is the most commonly used system of measurement in the United States. It is similar but not identical to the British Imperial units. The U.S. is the...
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| x Chinese units of measurement |
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Li | Picul |
Chinese units of measurement (Chinese: 市制; pinyin: Shìzhì; literally "market system") are the customary and traditional units of measure used in the China. In People's Republic of China, the units were re-standardised during the late twentieth...
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| x Avoirdupois | Short ton |
The avoirdupois (pronounced /ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz/; French pronunciation: [avwaʀdypwɑ]) system is a system of weights (or, properly, mass) based on a pound of sixteen ounces. It is the everyday system of weight used in the United States, and is still widely...
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| x Planck units | Planck length | Planck mass | Planck time |
In physics, Planck units are physical units of measurement defined exclusively in terms of five universal physical constants listed below, in such a manner that these five physical constants take on the numerical value of one when expressed in terms...
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| x Centimeter gram second system of units | Centimeter |
The centimetre-gram-second system (abbreviated CGS or cgs) is a metric system of physical units based on centimetre as the unit of length, gram as a unit of mass, and second as a unit of time. All CGS mechanical units are unambiguously derived from...
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| x Ancient Persian units of measurement |
Ancient Persia weights and measures are one of many systems of measurement based on the Mesopotamian system first incorporated by the kings of Susa and Elam and later used by the kings of Persia.
(derived from a list of revenues of the Great King...
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| x Astronomical units of length | Parsec |
The astronomical system of units, formally called the IAU (1976) System of Astronomical Constants, is a system of measurement developed for use in astronomy. It was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, and has been slightly...
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| x Atomic units | Bohr radius | Electron rest mass |
Atomic units (au) form a system of units convenient for atomic physics, electromagnetism, and quantum electrodynamics, especially when the focus is on the properties of electrons. There are two different kinds of atomic units, which one might name...
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| x Burmese units of measurement | Furlong |
Burmese units or the Burmese system is a collection of units used in Burma. Burma is one of only three nations to primarily use a non-metric system of units, the others being Liberia and the United States. While most Burmese units are used solely in...
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| x Danish units of measurement | Geographical mile |
The Danes started with a system of units based on a Greek pous ("foot") of 308.4 mm (1.012 ft) which they picked up through trade in the late Bronze Age/early Iron Age. Some early standards of measure can be recovered from measured drawings made of...
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| x Dutch units of measurement |
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Foot |
The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before around 1800, the Netherlands had a completely different system. One of the most remarkable characteristics of this historical system is that the weights and measures...
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| x Finnish units of measurement | Nautical mile |
In Finland, approximate units of measure were derived from natural actions or objects such body parts, later standardised for the purpose of commerce. Some Swedish and, later, Russian, units were also used.
The measurements were first standardized...
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| x French units of measurement | Arpent |
In France, before the decimalised metric system of 1799, a well-defined old system existed, however with some local variants. For instance, the lieue could vary from 3.268 km in Beauce to 5.849 km in Provence. Between 1812 and 1839, many of the...
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| x German units of measurement | Geographical mile |
Germany had an indigenous system of German units of measurement prior to its adoption of the international metric system. These units are now mainly of historical interest.
Before the introduction of the metric system in German, almost every town...
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| x Gravitational metric system | Picometre |
In the gravitational metric system(s) the base unit of force is not normalised to one mass unit (gram or kilogram) times one length unit (metre or centimetre) per time unit squared (second) as in the SI, but it depends on a selected or locally...
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| x Japanese units of measurement | Li |
Shakkan-hō (尺貫法) is the traditional Japanese system of measurement. The name shakkanhō originates from the name of two of the units, the shaku, a unit of length, and the kan, a mass measurement.
The system is Chinese in origin. The units originated...
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| x Mesures usuelles | Toise |
Mesures usuelles (French for customary measurements) were a system of measurement introduced to act as compromise between the metric system and traditional measurements.
The French First Republic established the metric system, but was unable to...
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| x Metre-tonne-second system of units | Meter | Tonne |
The metre-tonne-second or mts system of units is a system of physical units. It was invented in France, hence the unit names sthène and pièze, and was adopted only by the Soviet Union in 1933, and abolished there in 1955. It was built on the same...
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| x Norwegian units of measurement | Nautical mile |
As in the case of the Danes the Norwegians' earliest standards of measure can be derived from their ship burials. The 60 ft long Kvalsund boat was built ca. 700 AD and differs from the Danish boats less than it does from the Oseberg, Gokstad and...
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| x Persian units of measurement | Parasang |
Historical Persian weights and measures are one of many systems of measurement based on the Mesopotamian system first incorporated by the kings of Susa and Elam and later used by the Achaemenids.
(derived from a list of revenues of the Great King of...
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| x Romanian units of measurement | League |
The measures of the old Romanian system varied greatly not only between the three Romanian states (Wallachia, Moldavia, Transylvania), but sometimes also inside the same country. The origin of some of the measures are the Latin (such as iugăr unit),...
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| x Obsolete Russian units of measurement | Geographical mile |
A native system of weights and measures was used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution, but it was abandoned in 1924 when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system.
The Tatar system is very similar to the Russian one, but some names...
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| x Obsolete Spanish and Portuguese units of measurement | League |
There are a number of Spanish and Portuguese units of measurement of length or area that are now virtually obsolete. They include the vara, the cordel, the league and the labor. The units of area used to express the area of land are still...
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| x Swedish units of measurement | Fathom |
In Sweden, a common system for weights and measures was introduced by law in 1665. Before that, there were a number of local variants. The system was slightly revised in 1735. In 1855, a decimal reform was instituted that defined a new Swedish inch...
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| x Taiwanese units of measurement |
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Shaku |
Taiwanese units of measurement (traditional Chinese: 台制; pinyin: Táizhì; Minnan: Tâi-chè) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in Taiwan. Many of the units derive from Japanese units of measurement and have similar names as...
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| x Obsolete Tatar units of measurement | Geographical mile |
A native system of weights and measures was used by Tatars until 1924, but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system.
The Tatar system shares many units with the Russian system (e.g. sajın and disätinä), which is close to the...
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| x Troy weight |
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Troy pound |
Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals, black powder, and gemstones.
Named after Troyes, France, the troy system of weights was known to exist in medieval times, at the celebrated fair at Troyes in North...
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| x Apothecaries' system |
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The apothecaries' system of weights is a historical system of mass units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes, and also sometimes by scientists. The English version of the system is closely related with the English troy...
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| x Metric system |
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The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement, first adopted by France in 1791, that is the common system of measuring units used by most of the world. It exists in several variations, with different choices of fundamental...
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| x Integer | Nest attempt |
The integers (from the Latin integer, literally "untouched", hence "whole": the word entire comes from the same origin, but via French) are natural numbers including 0 (0, 1, 2, 3, ...) and their negatives (0, −1, −2, −3, ...). They are numbers that...
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| x Probability |
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Probability is a way of expressing knowledge or belief that an event will occur or has occurred. In mathematics the concept has been given an exact meaning in probability theory, that is used extensively in such areas of study as mathematics,...
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| x Floating point |
In computing, floating point describes a system for numerical representation in which a string of digits (or bits) represents a rational number.
The term floating point refers to the fact that the radix point (decimal point, or, more commonly in...
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| x FFF System |
The Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight (FFF) system is a set of units that uses impractical and outdated measurements. It is a humorous system of units and is not used in practice. These units, notably the microfortnight, are mainly used jokingly in computer...
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| x Astronomical Unit of Mass | Jupiter mass | ||||
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| x Non-SI units accepted for use with SI | Astronomical unit | Atomic mass unit | Day |
The following units are not SI units but are "accepted for use with the International System."
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| x Canadian units of measurement |
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Canadian units are the traditional weights and measures used in Canada. The country has officially adopted the metric system, but still maintains legal definitions of the imperial units under Schedule II, Section 4 of the Weights and Measures Act (R...
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