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  2. Metrication in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Among the Guatemalan units of measurement some are based on old Spanish units; they include the vara and cuadra linear measurements; the vara cuadrada, the manzana and the cuerda units of area; and the libra, arroba, quintal and garrafón units of weight and volume.

  3. Pound (force) - Wikipedia

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    The pound-force is the product of one avoirdupois pound (exactly 0.45359237 kg) and the standard acceleration due to gravity, approximately 32.174049 ft/s 2 (9.80665 m/s 2). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The standard values of acceleration of the standard gravitational field ( g n ) and the international avoirdupois pound (lb) result in a pound-force equal ...

  4. Honduran units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Several units were used to measure capacity in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. 1 botella = 0.63 to 0.67 L. [1] [2] 1 cajuela = 16.6 L. [1] 1 cuartillo varies between countries, [1] but defined as 4 octavillos or 1/4 almude and contains 1.156 L ≈ 1.222 qt(US) (liquid) ≈ 1.017 qt(Imp) [3]

  5. Spanish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The labor (/ l ə ˈ b ɔːr / in West Texas) is a unit of area, used to express an area of land, that is equal to 1 million square varas.A labor is equivalent to about 177.1 acres (71.67 ha).

  6. Pound (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]

  7. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The kilogram is the only standard unit to include an SI prefix (kilo-) as part of its name. The gram (10 −3 kg) is an SI derived unit of mass. However, the names of all SI mass units are based on gram , rather than on kilogram ; thus 10 3 kg is a megagram (10 6 g), not a * kilokilogram .

  8. 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.

  9. Kip (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from combining the words kilo and pound; it is occasionally called a kilopound. Its symbol is kip , sometimes K (upper or lowercase), or less frequently, klb . When it is necessary to clearly distinguish it as a unit of force rather than mass, it is sometimes called the kip-force (symbol kipf or klbf ).