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  2. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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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. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.

  3. Inch - Wikipedia

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    The United States adopted the conversion factor 1 metre = 39.37 inches by an act in 1866. [30] In 1893, Mendenhall ordered the physical realization of the inch to be based on the international prototype metres numbers 21 and 27, which had been received from the CGPM, together with the previously adopted conversion factor. [31]

  4. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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    Hence, each next size is nearly exactly half the area of the prior size. So, an A1 page can fit two A2 pages inside the same area. The most used of this series is the size A4, which is 210 mm × 297 mm (8.27 in × 11.7 in) and thus almost exactly 1 ⁄ 16 square metre (0.0625 m 2; 96.8752 sq in) in area.

  5. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The conversion between different SI units for one and the same physical quantity is always through a power of ten. This is why the SI (and metric systems more generally) are called decimal systems of measurement units. [10] The grouping formed by a prefix symbol attached to a unit symbol (e.g. ' km ', ' cm ') constitutes a new inseparable unit ...

  6. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    The basic unit of length in the imperial and U.S. customary systems is the yard, defined as exactly 0.9144 m by international treaty in 1959. [2] [5] Common imperial units and U.S. customary units of length include: [6] thou or mil (1 ⁄ 1000 of an inch) inch (25.4 mm) foot (12 inches, 0.3048 m) yard (3 feet, 0.9144 m)

  7. November jobs report expected to show hiring rebound ... - AOL

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    The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report, slated for release at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, is expected to show nonfarm payrolls rose by 215,000 in November while the unemployment rate held ...

  8. Help:Convert - Wikipedia

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    By default, the output value is rounded to adjust its precision to match that of the input. An input such as 1234 is interpreted as 1234 ± 0.5, while 1200 is interpreted as 1200 ± 50, and the output value is displayed accordingly, taking into account the scale factor used in the conversion.

  9. Rudy Gay announces retirement after 17 seasons in the NBA - AOL

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    Gay is one of four players — along with Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Chris Paul — to average 10 or more points between 2006-07 and 2020-21.