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  2. Lambda (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Lambda (written λ, in lowercase) is a non-SI unit of volume equal to 10 −9 m 3, 1 cubic millimetre (mm 3) or 1 microlitre (μL).Introduced by the BIPM in 1880, [1] the lambda has been used in chemistry [2] and in law for measuring volume, but its use is not recommended.

  3. Millimetre - Wikipedia

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    Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales.The microwave is between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.

  4. Drop (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, subsequent to the adoption of the minim and the creation of the British imperial system of units in the 1820s, a drop is defined as 1 British imperial minim, [3] the equivalence of ⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a British imperial fluid drachm or ⁠ 1 / 480 ⁠ of a British imperial fluid ounce.

  5. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    † The fluid scruple has been properly defined on its own in the apothecaries' system as 1 ⁄ 24 fl oz, 1 ⁄ 3 fluid dram, or = 20 minims (≈ 1.23223 ml), and also 1 ⁄ 4 tsp. Mind that scruples and drams were pharmaceutical and intended to be specific and precise, whereas cooking measures tended to use what was on hand and/or actually ...

  6. ML - Wikipedia

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    Millilitre or milliliter (mL, ml, or mℓ), a unit of volume; Millilambert (mL), a non-SI unit of luminance; Richter magnitude scale (M L), used to measure earthquakes; Megalangmuir (ML), a unit of exposure of a surface to a given chemical species (convention is 1 ML=monolayer=1 Langmuir)

  7. MM3 - Wikipedia

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    mm 3, a cubic millimetre or microlitre; Mm 3, a cubic megametre or zettalitre, Litre#SI prefixes applied to the litre; Mega Man 3, a 1990 video game for the NES; Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra, a 1991 video game for the PC and many other platforms; Mega Man III, a 1992 video game for the Game Boy; Midtown Madness 3, a 2003 video game for ...

  8. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...

  9. Two-liter bottle - Wikipedia

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    PepsiCo introduced the first two-liter sized soft drink bottle in 1970. [1] Motivated by market research conducted by new marketing vice president John Sculley (who would later be known for heading Apple Inc. from 1983 to 1993), [2] the bottle and the method of its production were designed by a team led by Nathaniel Wyeth of DuPont, who received the patent in 1973. [3]