Appendix:Weights and measures
Metric units
editSI 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 MKSA system (the Giorgi system)
editOther metric units
editUnits of length
editUnits of area
editUnits of volume/capacity
editUnits of mass
editUnits of angular measure
editUnits 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
editUnits of power of a lens
editUnits of comparison of sound intensities, electrical currents or voltages
editUnits of radioactive activity
editUnits of dose of X-rays or gamma rays
editNon-metric units
editUnits of the slug-foot-second system
editUnits 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
editUnits of angular measure
editUnits 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
editUnits of energy/heat/work
editUnits of intensity of ultraviolet light
editUnits of thermal resistance
editUnits of power
editUnits of temperature
editOther units
editUnits of angular measure
editUnits of mass
editUnits of time
editUnits of angular velocity
editUnits of perceived loudness
editUnits of radioactive disintegration
editAstronomical units
editComputer memory
editNautical units
edit- cable-length, cable's-length
- fathom
- league
- international nautical mile
- knot
- last
- nautical mile
- sea mile
Output from reactor fuel
editSpecific units for various commodoties
editCloth
editFlooring
editFlour
editGemstones
editGold
editHerrings
editHops
editPaper
editSilk, rayon and nylon
editTNT
editWine
editWood
edit- board-foot
- hoppus foot, hoppus cubic foot
- stere
- Multiples and submultiples:
Wool
editYarn
editUnits 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).
Chinese units
editEgyptian units
editFrench units
editGerman units
editGreek units
editHebrew units
editIndian units
editJapanese units
editLength
editMass
editArea
editVolume
editPersian units
editRoman units
editRussian units
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