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Common Weights and Measures

(Encyclopedia)Common Weights and MeasuresLength1 millimeter = 1/1,000 meter1 centimeter = 1/100 meter1 decimeter = 1/10 meter1 meter (basic unit of length)1 dekameter = 10 meters1 kilometer = 1,000 meters1 inch = 1...

weights and measures

(Encyclopedia)weights and measures, units and standards for expressing the amount of some quantity, such as length, capacity, or weight; the science of measurement standards and methods is known as metrology. Crude...

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

(Encyclopedia)Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich mndl´f, Rus. dm´tr vä´nvch myndyly´f [key], 1834–1907, Russian chemist. He is famous for his formulation (1869) of the periodic law and t...

measures

(Encyclopedia)measures: see weights and measures.

candela

(Encyclopedia)candela knd´l [key], in weights and measures: see candle.

grain

(Encyclopedia)grain, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement.

gill

(Encyclopedia)gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement.

stone

(Encyclopedia)stone, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement.
 

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