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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.
kilogram-kilometre (kg⋅km), moving 1 kg of cargo a distance of 1 km;; tonne-kilometre or kilometre-tonne (t⋅km or km⋅t, also tkm or kmt), the transportation of one tonne over one kilometre; 1 tkm = 1,000 kgkm.
The SI system after the 2019 definition: Base units as defined in terms of physical constants and other base units. Here, means is used in the definition of . The SI system after 1983, but before the 2019 redefinition: Base unit definitions in terms of other base units (for example, the metre is defined as the distance travelled by light in a specific fraction of a second), with the constants ...
The einstein (symbol E) is an obsolete unit with two conflicting definitions. It was originally defined as the energy in one mole of photons (6.022 × 10 23 photons). [1] [2] Because energy is inversely proportional to wavelength, the unit is frequency dependent.
Eric Burdon was born in 1941 in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.His father, Matt, was originally from Tyneside.His mother, Rene, was originally from Ireland and had moved to Scotland before settling in Newcastle in the 1930s.
The Unidad de Valor Constante (UVC) was a currency created by the "Ley de Valores" of Ecuador in 1993, and abolished with dollarization in the presidency of Jamil Mahuad on January 9, 2000. It was meant to help deal with the high levels of inflation experienced under the sucre. The 1 UVC was specified at its introduction (May 28, 1993) to equal ...
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, [2] was an English lawyer, judge, [3] social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. [4]
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War.He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the eastern theater of the war until his death.