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78 relations: American English, American National Standards Institute, Anglo-Norman language, Anthropic units, Apostrophe, Barley, Barleycorn (unit), Botany, BSI Group, Bureau of Meteorology, Button, Cannon, Centimetre, Cheam School, Commonwealth of Nations, Cubic inch, Digit (unit), Dutch units of measurement, Dyadic rational, Dyfnwal Moelmud, Edward II of England, English units, Federal Register, Foot (unit), General Conference on Weights and Measures, Germanic languages, Germanic umlaut, Guildhall, London, Gunsmith, Hand (unit), Horse, Hour, Human, Hywel Dda, Imperial units, Inch, International System of Units, International yard and pound, ISO 2848, ISO 31-1, John Bouvier, John Locke, Latin, Law of Æthelberht, Length, Line (unit), Machining, Mendenhall Order, Metric system, Middle English, ..., Millimetre, Minute, Old English phonology, Ounce, Palatalization (sound change), Palm (unit), Papermaking, Penny Cyclopaedia, Pica (typography), Point (typography), Prime (symbol), Pyramid inch, Quotation mark, Scottish units, Second, Shoe size, Square inch, State Plane Coordinate System, System of measurement, Thousandth of an inch, Thumb, Typography, Uncia (unit), Unit of measurement, United States customary units, United States Department of Commerce, Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution, Yard. Expand index (28 more) »
American English
American English (AmE, AE, AmEng, USEng, en-US), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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American National Standards Institute
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States.
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Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman, also known as Anglo-Norman French, is a variety of the Norman language that was used in England and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period.
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Anthropic units
The phrase anthropic units (from Greek anthropos meaning man) is used with different meanings in archaeology, in mensuration and in social studies.
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Apostrophe
The apostrophe ( ' or) character is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets.
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Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.
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Barleycorn (unit)
The barleycorn is a small English unit of length equal to of an inch (i.e., close to) still used as the basis of shoe sizes in English-speaking countries.
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Botany
Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
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BSI Group
BSI Group, also known as the British Standards Institution (BSI), is the national standards body of the United Kingdom.
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Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is an Executive Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.
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Button
In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, now most commonly made of plastic, but also frequently made of metal, wood or seashell, which secures two pieces of fabric together.
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Cannon
A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant.
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Centimetre
A centimetre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of.
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Cheam School
Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in the English county of Hampshire.
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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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Cubic inch
The cubic inch (symbol in3) is a unit of measurement for volume in the Imperial units and United States customary units systems.
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Digit (unit)
The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length.
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Dutch units of measurement
The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system.
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Dyadic rational
In mathematics, a dyadic fraction or dyadic rational is a rational number whose denominator, when the ratio is in minimal (coprime) terms, is a power of two, i.e., a number of the form \frac where a is an integer and b is a natural number; for example, 1/2 or 3/8, but not 1/3.
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Dyfnwal Moelmud
Dyfnwal Moelmud (Welsh for "Dyfnwal the Bald and Silent"; Dunvallo Molmutius) was accounted as an early king and lawmaker among the Welsh, credited with the codification of their standard units of measure.
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Edward II of England
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Carnarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.
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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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Federal Register
The Federal Register (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.
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Foot (unit)
The foot (feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement.
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General Conference on Weights and Measures
The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures – CGPM) is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures – BIPM), the inter-governmental organization established in 1875 under the terms of the Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre) through which Member States act together on matters related to measurement science and measurement standards.
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Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa.
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Germanic umlaut
The Germanic umlaut (sometimes called i-umlaut or i-mutation) is a type of linguistic umlaut in which a back vowel changes to the associated front vowel (fronting) or a front vowel becomes closer to (raising) when the following syllable contains,, or.
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Guildhall, London
Guildhall is a Grade I-listed building in the City of London, England.
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Gunsmith
A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns.
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Hand (unit)
The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''.
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Hour
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr.) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as of a day and scientifically reckoned as 3,599–3,601 seconds, depending on conditions.
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Human
Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.
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Hywel Dda
Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good) or Hywel ap Cadell (c.880 – 950) was a King of Deheubarth who eventually came to rule most of Wales.
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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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Inch
The inch (abbreviation: in or &Prime) is a unit of length in the (British) imperial and United States customary systems of measurement now formally equal to yard but usually understood as of a foot.
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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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ISO 2848
International standard ISO 2848 (Building construction – Modular coordination – Principles and rules, International Organization for Standardization, 1984) is an ISO standard used by the construction industry.
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ISO 31-1
ISO 31-1 is the part of international standard ISO 31 that defines names and symbols for quantities and units related to space and time.
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John Bouvier
John Bouvier (1787–November 18, 1851), a French-born American jurist and legal lexicographer, is known for his legal writings, particularly his Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union (1839).
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John Locke
John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Law of Æthelberht
The Law of Æthelberht is a set of legal provisions written in Old English, probably dating to the early 7th century.
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Length
In geometric measurements, length is the most extended dimension of an object.
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Line (unit)
The line (abbreviated L or l or ‴) was a small English unit of length, variously reckoned as,,, or of an inch.
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Machining
Machining is any of various processes in which a piece of raw material is cut into a desired final shape and size by a controlled material-removal process.
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Mendenhall Order
The Mendenhall Order marked a decision to change the fundamental standards of length and mass of the United States from the customary standards based on those of England to metric standards (Mendenhall 1922).
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Metric system
The metric system is an internationally adopted decimal system of measurement.
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Middle English
Middle English (ME) is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.
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Millimetre
The millimetre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.
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Minute
The minute is a unit of time or angle.
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Old English phonology
Old English phonology is necessarily somewhat speculative since Old English is preserved only as a written language.
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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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Palatalization (sound change)
In linguistics, palatalization is a sound change that either results in a palatal or palatalized consonant or a front vowel, or is triggered by one of them.
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Palm (unit)
The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized.
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Papermaking
The art, science, and technology of papermaking addresses the methods, equipment, and materials used to make paper and cardboard, these being used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes and useful products.
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Penny Cyclopaedia
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was a multi-volume encyclopedia edited by George Long and published by Charles Knight alongside the Penny Magazine.
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Pica (typography)
The pica is a typographic unit of measure corresponding to approximately of an inch, or of a foot.
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Point (typography)
In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure.
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Prime (symbol)
The prime symbol (′), double prime symbol (&Prime), triple prime symbol (‴), quadruple prime symbol (⁗) etc., are used to designate units and for other purposes in mathematics, the sciences, linguistics and music.
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Pyramid inch
The pyramid inch is a unit of measure claimed by pyramidologists to have been used in ancient times.
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Quotation mark
Quotation marks, also called quotes, quote marks, quotemarks, speech marks, inverted commas or talking marks, are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase.
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Scottish units
Scottish or Scots units of measurement are the weights and measures peculiar to Scotland which were nominally replaced by English units in 1685 but continued to be used in unofficial contexts until at least the late 18th century.
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Second
The second is the SI base unit of time, commonly understood and historically defined as 1/86,400 of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each.
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Shoe size
A shoe size is an indication of the fitting size of a shoe for a person.
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Square inch
A square inch (plural: square inches) is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of one inch.
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State Plane Coordinate System
The State Plane Coordinate System (SPS or SPCS) is a set of 124 geographic zones or coordinate systems designed for specific regions of the United States.
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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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Thousandth of an inch
A thousandth of an inch is a derived unit of length in an inch-based system of units.
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Thumb
The thumb is the first digit of the hand.
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Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.
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Uncia (unit)
The uncia (plural: unciae) was a Roman unit of length, weight, and volume.
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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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United States customary units
United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United States.
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United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth.
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Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution
Woodcut dated 1800 illustrating the new decimal units which became the legal norm across all France on 4 November 1800 Before the French Revolution, which started in 1789, French units of measurement were based on the Carolingian system, introduced by the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne which in turn were based on ancient Roman measures.
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Yard
The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch
