Wiktionary Appendix:Weights and measures

Table of contents

1 Metric units 1.1 SI units 1.2 CGS units 1.3 Units of the MKS system 1.4 Units of the MKSA system (the Giorgi system) 1.5 Units of the slug-foot-second system 1.6 Other metric units 1.6.1 Units of length 1.6.2 Units of area 1.6.3 Units of volume/capacity 1.6.4 Units of mass 1.6.5 Units of angular measure 1.6.6 Units of energy/heat/work 1.6.7 Units of pressure 1.6.8 Units of luminance 1.6.9 Units of electrical charge 1.6.10 Units of power of a lens 1.6.11 Units of comparison of sound intensities, electrical currents or voltages 1.6.12 Units of radioactive activity 1.6.13 Units of dose of X-rays or gamma rays 2 Non-metric units 2.1 Units of length 2.2 Units of area 2.3 Units of volume/capacity 2.4 Units of volumetric flow 2.5 Units of angular measure 2.6 Units of mass 2.7 Units of force 2.8 Units of energy/heat/work 2.9 Units of thermal resistance 2.10 Units of power 2.11 Units of temperature 3 Other units 3.1 Units of angular measure 3.2 Units of mass 3.3 Units of time 3.4 Units of angular velocity 3.5 Units of perceived loudness 3.6 Units of radioactive disintegration 3.7 Astronomical units 3.8 Computer memory 3.9 Nautical units 3.10 Output from reactor fuel 3.11 Specific units for various commodoties 3.11.1 Cloth 3.11.2 Flooring 3.11.3 Flour 3.11.4 Gemstones 3.11.5 Gold 3.11.6 Herrings 3.11.7 Hops 3.11.8 Paper 3.11.9 Silk, rayon and nylon 3.11.10 TNT 3.11.11 Wine 3.11.12 Wood 3.11.13 Wool 3.11.14 Yarn 3.12 Units used in particular countries 3.12.1 Chinese units 3.12.2 Egyptian units 3.12.3 French units 3.12.4 German units 3.12.5 Greek units 3.12.6 Hebrew units 3.12.7 Indian units 3.12.8 Japanese units 3.12.9 Persian units 3.12.10 Roman units 3.12.11 Russian units 3.12.12 Scottish units 3.12.13 Turkish units 3.12.14 Units used in various countries 3.13 Biblical units 4 External links

Metric units

SI units

• See SI units

CGS units

• 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

• kilogram
• metre, meter
• second

Units of the MKSA system (the Giorgi system )

• ampere
• kilogram
• metre, meter
• second

Units of the slug-foot-second system

• foot
• second
• slug

Other metric units

Units of length

• angstrom
• fermi
• mil

Units of area

• are
• Multiples and submultiples:
  • centiare
  • deciare
  • hectare
  • milliare
• barn
• hectare

Units of volume/capacity

• litre, liter
• Multiples and submultiples:
  • centilitre , centiliter
  • decalitre , decaliter
  • decilitre, deciliter
  • hectolitre , hectoliter
  • kilolitre , kiloliter
  • millilitre, milliliter
• mil

Units of mass

• crith
• metric carat
• quintal

Units of angular measure

• gon , grade

Units of energy/heat/work

• electronvolt
• Multiples:
  • gigaelectronvolt
  • kiloelectronvolt
  • megaelectronvolt
• watt-hour
• Multiples:
  • kilowatt-hour

Units of pressure

• atmosphere
• bar
• Multiples and submultiples:
  • kilobar
  • microbar
  • millibar
• millimetre of mercury , millimeter of mercury
• standard atmosphere
• torr

Units of luminance

• lambert

Units of electrical charge

• ampere hour
• faraday

Units of power of a lens

• dioptre , diopter

Units of comparison of sound intensities, electrical currents or voltages

• bel
• Submultiple:
  • decibel
• neper

Units of radioactive activity

• curie

Units of dose of X-rays or gamma rays

• röntgen , roentgen

Non-metric units

Units of length

• 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

• acre
• hide
• rood
• section
• square foot
• square inch
• square mile
• square rod
• square yard
• virgate
• yardland , yard of land

Units of volume/capacity

• 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

• cusec

Units of angular measure

• mil

Units of mass

• 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

Units of force

• poundal
• pound-force

Units of energy/heat/work

• British thermal unit
• calorie
• Calorie , kilocalorie
• foot-pound , foot-pound force
• lamp-hour
• therm

Units of thermal resistance

• R-value
• tog

Units of power

• horsepower

Units of temperature

• degree Fahrenheit
• degree Rankine

Other units

Units of angular measure

• degree
• minute
• second

Units of mass

• atomic mass unit

Units of time

• century
• decade
• day
• fortnight
• hour
• millennium
• minute
• month
• week
• year

Units of angular velocity

• revolution per minute
• revolution per second

Units of perceived loudness

• phon
• sone

Units of radioactive disintegration

• rutherford

Astronomical units

• astronomical unit
• international candle
• light year
• parsec
• standard candle

Computer memory

• bit
• Multiples:
  • kilobit
  • megabit
  • gigabit
  • terabit
  • petabit
  • exabit
• byte
• Multiples:
  • gigabyte
  • kilobyte
  • megabyte
  • terabyte
  • petabyte
  • exabyte
• nibble, nybble
• word

Nautical units

• cable-length , cable's-length
• fathom
• league
• international nautical mile
• knot
• last
• nautical mile
• sea mile

Output from reactor fuel

• megawatt day per tonne

Specific units for various commodoties

Cloth

• cloth-yard

Flooring

• square

Flour

• boll

Gemstones

• carat

Gold

• carat, karat

Herrings

• cran

Hops

• hop-pocket

Paper

• printer's ream
• quire
• ream

Silk, rayon and nylon

• denier

TNT

• kiloton
• megaton

Wine

• balthazar
• jeroboam
• magnum
• methuselah
• nebuchadnezzar
• rehoboam
• salmanazar , salmanaser

Wood

• board-foot
• hoppus foot , hoppus cubic foot
• stere
• Multiples and submultiples:
  • centistere
  • decastere
  • decistere
  • hectostere

Wool

• cord

Yarn

• lay, lea, ley
• tex

Units used in particular countries

Chinese units

• catty, kati , katti
• kin
• li
• liang
• picul
• tael

Egyptian units

• ardeb

French units

• arpent
• chopin
• livre
• muid
• toise

German units

• centner
• pfund

Greek units

• drachm , drachma
• mina
• stadium

Hebrew units

• bath
• caneh , kaneh
• cor
• epha , ephah
• gerah
• hin
• homer
• omer
• shekel

Indian units

• bigha
• candie , candy, kandy
• coss
• maund
• seer
• tola
• yojan

Japanese units

• kin
• shaku

Persian units

• parasang

Roman units

• modius
• semuncia

Russian units

• arsheen , arshin , arshine
• centner
• dessiatine , dessyatine , desyatin
• pood
• sazhen
• verst

Scottish units

• chalder
• chopin
• lispound
• mutchkin

Turkish units

• arsheen , arshin , arshine
• oke

Units used in various countries

• anker
• arroba
• catty, kati , katti
• centner
• dirhem
• kantar
• maund
• morgen
• rotl
• shippound
• talent

Biblical units

• cubit
• gerah
• mina
• talent

External links

• Units of measurement