Appendix:Weights and measures
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Metric units [edit]
SI units [edit]
- See SI units
CGS units [edit]
- Length: centimetre, centimeter
- Wave number: kayser
- Acceleration: gal, galileo
- Mass: gram
- Time: second
- Force: dyne
- Energy: erg
- Heat energy: calorie
- Pressure: barye
- Kinematic viscosity: stokes
- Dynamic viscosity: poise
- Luminance: stilb
- Illumination: phot
- Electrical charge: esu, franklin, statcoulomb
- Electrical current: abampere, ampere, biot
- Electric potential: abvolt, statvolt
- Permeability: darcy
- Electric dipole moment: debye
- Magnetic field strength: oersted
- Magnetic flux: line, maxwell, unit pole
- Magnetic flux density, magnetic induction: gauss
- Magnetic dipole moment: emu
- Magnetomotive force: gilbert
- Heat transmission: langley
- Radiation dose: rad, rem (obsolete) , rep (former name for rad)
Units of the MKS system [edit]
Units of the MKSA system (the Giorgi system) [edit]
Other metric units [edit]
Units of length [edit]
Units of area [edit]
Units of volume/capacity [edit]
Units of mass [edit]
Units of angular measure [edit]
Units of energy/heat/work [edit]
- electronvolt
- Multiples:
- watt-hour
- Multiples:
Units of pressure [edit]
- atmosphere
- bar
- Multiples and submultiples:
- millimetre of mercury, millimeter of mercury
- standard atmosphere
- torr
Units of luminance [edit]
- lumen
- candela
- candle power
- watt
- Measured over areas:
Units of electrical charge [edit]
Units of power of a lens [edit]
Units of comparison of sound intensities, electrical currents or voltages [edit]
Units of radioactive activity [edit]
Units of dose of X-rays or gamma rays [edit]
Non-metric units [edit]
Units of the slug-foot-second system [edit]
Units of length [edit]
- barleycorn
- cable length
- chain
- cubit
- digit
- ell
- foot
- furlong
- hand
- inch
- ligne
- line
- link
- mil
- mile
- nail
- palm
- perch
- point
- pole
- rod
- shaftment
- span
- statute mile
- yard
Units of area [edit]
- acre
- hide
- rood
- section
- square foot
- square inch
- square mile
- square rod
- square yard
- virgate
- yardland, yard of land
Units of volume/capacity [edit]
- acre-foot
- barrel
- barrel-bulk
- boll
- bushel
- cubic foot
- cubic inch
- cubic yard
- cup
- dessertspoon, dessertspoonful
- firkin
- fluid drachm, fluid dram
- fluid ounce
- fluid scruple
- gallon
- gill
- heaped dessertspoon, heaped dessertspoonful
- heaped tablespoon, heaped tablespoonful
- heaped teaspoon, heaped teaspoonful
- hogshead
- kilderkin
- miner's inch
- minim
- peck
- pint
- pipe
- puncheon
- quart
- quarter
- quatern
- stick
- tablespoon, tablespoonful
- teaspoon, teaspoonful
- tierce
Units of volumetric flow [edit]
Units of angular measure [edit]
Units of mass [edit]
- cental
- chaldron
- drachm, dram
- dram apothecaries
- grain
- hundredweight
- long ton
- long hundredweight
- ounce
- ounce apothecaries
- ounce troy
- pennyweight
- pound
- pound apothecaries
- pound avoirdupois
- pound troy
- quarter
- quatern
- scruple
- short hundredweight
- short ton
- slug
- stone
- ton
- tonne (metric ton)
Units of force [edit]
Units of energy/heat/work [edit]
Units of intensity of ultraviolet light [edit]
Units of thermal resistance [edit]
Units of power [edit]
Units of temperature [edit]
Other units [edit]
Units of angular measure [edit]
Units of mass [edit]
Units of time [edit]
Units of angular velocity [edit]
Units of perceived loudness [edit]
Units of radioactive disintegration [edit]
Astronomical units [edit]
Computer memory [edit]
Nautical units [edit]
- cable-length, cable's-length
- fathom
- league
- international nautical mile
- knot
- last
- nautical mile
- sea mile
Output from reactor fuel [edit]
Specific units for various commodoties [edit]
Cloth [edit]
Flooring [edit]
Flour [edit]
Gemstones [edit]
Gold [edit]
Herrings [edit]
Hops [edit]
Paper [edit]
Silk, rayon and nylon [edit]
TNT [edit]
Wine [edit]
Wood [edit]
- board-foot
- hoppus foot, hoppus cubic foot
- stere
- Multiples and submultiples:
Wool [edit]
Yarn [edit]
Units used in particular countries [edit]
- Note: Units in this section are English names for units used in various countries. Please do not add non-English words here, but consider setting up an appendix for them in the appropriate language (such as Appendix:sv:Weights and measures for Swedish).
