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  2. Soil - Wikipedia

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    Soil consists of a solid phase of minerals and organic matter (the soil matrix), as well as a porous phase that holds gases (the soil atmosphere) and water (the soil solution). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Accordingly, soil is a three- state system of solids, liquids, and gases. [ 3 ]

  3. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1 m/s = 1 m / (1 s) is the coherent derived unit for velocity. [ 1 ] : 139 With the exception of the kilogram (for which the prefix kilo- is required for a coherent unit), when prefixes are used with the coherent SI units, the resulting units are no longer coherent, because the prefix introduces a numerical factor other than one.

  4. Ton - Wikipedia

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    It is slightly less than the 224 imperial gallons (1.018 m 3) of the water ton (based on distilled water). One measurement ton or freight ton is equal to 40 cubic feet (1.133 m 3), but historically it has had several different definitions. It is used to determine the amount of money to be charged in loading, unloading, or carrying different ...

  5. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A cubic ton is an antiquated measure of volume, varying based on the commodity from about 16 to 45 cu ft (0.45 to 1.27 m 3). It is now only used for lumber, for which one cubic ton is equivalent to 40 cu ft (1.1 m 3).

  6. Metre - Wikipedia

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    The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

  7. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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    Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity.

  8. History of the metre - Wikipedia

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    The metre is the length equal to 1 650 763.73 wavelengths in vacuum of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the levels 2p 10 and 5d 5 of the krypton 86 atom. The measurement of the wavelength of the krypton line was not made directly against the international prototype metre; instead, the ratio of the wavelength of the krypton ...

  9. Ton-force - Wikipedia

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    The long ton-force is equal to the weight of one long ton. one long ton-force = 2 240 lbf = 1 016.046 9088 kgf = 9.964 016 418 183 52 kN = 1.12 short tons-force [note 7]