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  2. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    This is a unit of fame, hype, or infamy, named for the American puzzle creator and editor, Will Shortz. The measure is the number of times one's name has appeared in The New York Times crossword puzzle as either a clue or solution. Arguably, this number should only be calculated for the Shortz era (1993–present).

  3. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Bahar – a unit of length in Iran, and was a unit of mass in Oman; Batman – mostly a unit of mass, but sometimes a unit of area; Demal – unit of concentration; Dimi (metric prefix) – a discontinued non-SI metric prefix for 10 −4 [7] Einstein – unit of energy, and a unit of amount of substance; Fanega – a unit of dry volume, and a ...

  4. List of scientists whose names are used as units - Wikipedia

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    Unit [note 3] Image William Gilbert: 1544–1603 British Magnetomotive force: gilbert (Gi) John Napier: 1550–1617 British Magnitude (ln, dimensionless) neper (Np) Galileo Galilei: 1564–1642 Italian: Acceleration: gal (Gal) Evangelista Torricelli: 1608–1647 Italian Pressure: torr (Torr) René Réaumur: 1683–1757 French: Temperature

  5. Temperature - Wikipedia

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    The kelvin (the unit name is spelled with a lower-case 'k') is the unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI). The temperature of a body in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium is always positive relative to absolute zero.

  6. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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    The temperature coefficient of energy divided by a substance-like quantity (amount of substance, mass, volume) describing the sample. Usually calculated from measurements by a division or could be measured directly using a unit amount of that sample. For the ranges of specific heat capacities see: Orders of magnitude (specific heat capacity)

  7. Category:Units of temperature - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Units of temperature" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. ... (unit) O ㍵ R ...

  8. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.

  9. Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    This convention means that temperature and energy quantities have the same dimensions. [51] [52] In particular, the SI unit kelvin becomes superfluous, being defined in terms of joules as 1 K = 1.380 649 × 10 −23 J. [53] With this convention, temperature is always given in units of energy, and the kelvin unit is not explicitly needed in ...