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Avoirdupois system and United States customary units

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Difference between Avoirdupois system and United States customary units

Avoirdupois system vs. United States customary units

The avoirdupois system (abbreviated avdp) is a measurement system of weights which uses pounds and ounces as units. United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United States.

Similarities between Avoirdupois system and United States customary units

Avoirdupois system and United States customary units have 14 things in common (in Unionpedia): Apothecaries' system, Commonwealth of Nations, English units, Imperial units, International System of Units, International yard and pound, Kilogram, Mass, Metric system, Ounce, Pound (mass), System of measurement, Troy weight, Unit of measurement.

Apothecaries' system

The apothecaries' system or apothecaries' weights and measures is a historical system of mass and volume units that were used by physicians and apothecaries for medical recipes, and also sometimes by scientists.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.

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English units

English units are the historical units of measurement used in England up to 1826 (when they were replaced by Imperial units), which evolved as a combination of the Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems of units.

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Imperial units

The system of imperial units or the imperial system (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1825) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced.

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International System of Units

The International System of Units (SI, abbreviated from the French Système international (d'unités)) is the modern form of the metric system, and is the most widely used system of measurement.

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International yard and pound

The international yard and pound are two units of measurement that were the subject of an agreement among representatives of six nations signed on 1 July 1959, namely the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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Kilogram

The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), and is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype of the Kilogram (IPK, also known as "Le Grand K" or "Big K"), a cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy stored by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Saint-Cloud, France.

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Mass

Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a net force is applied.

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Metric system

The metric system is an internationally adopted decimal system of measurement.

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Ounce

The ounce (abbreviated oz; apothecary symbol: ℥) is a unit of mass, weight, or volume used in most British derived customary systems of measurement.

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Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement.

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System of measurement

A system of measurement is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other.

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Troy weight

Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones.

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Unit of measurement

A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity.

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Avoirdupois system and United States customary units Comparison

Avoirdupois system has 39 relations, while United States customary units has 141. As they have in common 14, the Jaccard index is 7.78% = 14 / (39 + 141).

References

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