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The modern metric arroba used in these countries in everyday life is defined as 15 kilograms (33 lb). In Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru the arroba is equivalent to 12.5 kilograms (28 lb). [2] In Bolivia nationally it is equivalent to 30.46 litres (6.70 imp gal; 8.05 US gal).
In France it used to be defined as 100 livres (pounds), about 48.95 kg (108 lb), and has been redefined as 100 kg (mesures usuelles), thus called metric quintal with symbol qq. In Spain , the quintal is still defined as 100 libras , or about 46 kg (101 lb), but the metric quintal is also defined as 100 kg; [ 3 ] In Portugal a quintal is 128 ...
The MMA welterweight class is therefore significantly heavier than the welterweight class of these other sports. For the sake of uniformity, many American mixed martial arts websites refer to competitors between 156 and 170 lb (71 and 77 kg) as welterweights. This encompasses the Shooto middleweight division (167 lb / 76 kg).
One libra (lit. "pound") was equal to 0.460 246 34 kg as it was legally defined. [1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below: 1 tomin = 1 ⁄ 768 libra 1 adarme = 1 ⁄ 256 libra 1 ochava ("eighth") = 1 ⁄ 128 libra 1 onza ("ounce") = 1 ⁄ 16 libra 1 arroba = 25 libras 1 quintal ("hundredweight") = 100 libras 1 terco = 160 ...
One libra (pound) was equal to 459.05 g (with local variations). Some of other units are given below : [1] [5] 1 onça (ounce) = 1 ⁄ 16 libra. 1 marco (mark) = 1/2 libra 1 arroba = 32 libras (One arroba métrica is equal to 15 kg. In Santos market Exchange, one arroba was 10 kg. [6]) 1 quintal (hundredweight) = 128 libras. 1 tonelada (ton ...
One libra was equal to 0.46009 kg. [1] [2] Some other units are given below: 1 arroba = 25 libra 1 quintal = 100 libra 1 fanega = 140 libra. [1] [2] [3] Area.
Kilogram' means 'one thousand grams' [2] and is colloquially abbreviated to kilo. [ 3 ] The kilogram is an SI base unit , defined ultimately in terms of three defining constants of the SI, namely a specific transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom, the speed of light , and the Planck constant .
The long or imperial hundredweight of 8 stone or 112 pounds (50.80 kg) is defined in the British imperial system. [ 2 ] Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton , producing a " short ton " of 2,000 pounds (907.2 kg) and a " long ton " of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg).