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  2. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The equivalence for the pound was given as 1 lb = 453.592 65 g or 0.45359 kg, which made the kilogram equivalent to about 2.204 6213 lb. In 1883, it was determined jointly by the standards department of the British Board of Trade and the Bureau International that 0.453 592 4277 kg was a better approximation, and this figure, rounded to 0.453 ...

  3. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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    Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.

  4. Mass versus weight - Wikipedia

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    For example, in retail commerce, the "net weight" of products actually refers to mass, and is expressed in mass units such as grams or ounces (see also Pound: Use in commerce). Conversely, the load index rating on automobile tires, which specifies the maximum structural load for a tire in kilograms, refers to weight; that is, the force due to ...

  5. Weight class (boxing) - Wikipedia

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    Established at 122 lb (55.3 kg) in 1920 by Walker Law; recognized in 1976 Super Flyweight: 112–115 lb (50.8 - 52.2 kg) Established at 115 lb (52.2 kg) in 1920 by Walker Law; recognized in 1980 Light Flyweight: 105–108 lb (47.6 - 49 kg) Established at 108 lb (49 kg) in 1920 by Walker Law; recognized in 1975 Strawweight: 105 lb (47.6 kg)

  6. Weight - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit of weight is the same as that of force: the newton (N) – a derived unit which can also be expressed in SI base units as kg⋅m/s 2 (kilograms times metres per second squared). [ 21 ] In commercial and everyday use, the term "weight" is usually used to mean mass, and the verb "to weigh" means "to determine the mass of" or "to have ...

  7. Kilogram - Wikipedia

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    The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit of mass. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 −34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and Δν Cs. —

  8. Kickboxing weight classes - Wikipedia

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    60 kg (132.3 lb) Lightweight 62.5 kg (137.8 lb) Super Lightweight 65 kg (143.3 lb) Welterweight 67.5 kg (148.8 lb) Super Welterweight 70 kg (154.3 lb) Middleweight 72.5 kg (159.8 lb) Super Middleweight 75 kg (165.3 lb) Light Heavyweight 80 kg (176.4 lb) Heavyweight 90 kg (198.4 lb) Super Heavyweight Unlimited

  9. Template:Infobox person/weight - Wikipedia

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    |weight=238-245 lb → 238–245 lb (108–111 kg; 17 st 0 lb – 17 st 7 lb) Exceptions Does not replace numbers in manually entered conversions, but does replace unit names with abbreviations (examples intentionally show incorrect conversions):