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  2. Unified Code for Units of Measure - Wikipedia

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    UCUM is used by different organizations like IEEE, and standards like DICOM, LOINC, HL7, and ISO 11240:2012. [ 2 ] The code set includes all units defined in ISO 1000 , ISO 2955-1983 , [ 3 ] [ a ] ANSI X3.50-1986 , [ 4 ] [ b ] HL7 and ENV 12435 , and explicitly and verifiably addresses the naming conflicts and ambiguities in those standards to ...

  3. English Engineering Units - Wikipedia

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    Units for other physical quantities are derived from this set as needed. In English Engineering Units, the pound-mass and the pound-force are distinct base units, and Newton's Second Law of Motion takes the form = where is the acceleration in ft/s 2 and g c = 32.174 lb·ft/(lbf·s 2).

  4. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    The National Institute of Standards and Technology formerly contended that customary area units are defined in terms of the square survey foot, not the square international foot, [17] but from 2023 it states that "although historically defined using the U.S. survey foot, the statute mile can be defined using either definition of the foot, as is ...

  5. Standard units - Wikipedia

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    The standard score in statistics is a signed measure of variance expressed in terms of standard deviations from the mean.; scientists sought to find the most accurate definition for each fundamental measuring units by preparing a model for the measuring unit characterized by the maximum level of accuracy and stability against the time and the environmental changes , these models are called the ...

  6. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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    The apothecaries and troy pounds are divided into 12 ounces (of 480 grains) while the avoirdupois pound has 16 ounces (of 437.5 grains). The unit of volume, the gallon, has different values in the United States and in the United Kingdom – the US fluid gallon being about 0.83 imperial gallons and the US dry gallon being about 0.97 imperial ...

  7. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The fourth unit could be chosen to be electric current, voltage, or electrical resistance. [35] Electric current with named unit 'ampere' was chosen as the base unit, and the other electrical quantities derived from it according to the laws of physics. When combined with the MKS the new system, known as MKSA, was approved in 1946. [4]

  8. California Building Standards Code - Wikipedia

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    The California Building Standards Code is the building code for California, and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). It is maintained by the California Building Standards Commission which is granted the authority to oversee processes related to the California building codes by California Building Standards Law. [ 1 ]

  9. 149th Armored Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The unit returned to Los Angeles later in the 20th century, in response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Following the September 11th attacks, the unit was activated for Operation Noble Eagle in 2003. Then in 2005, it deployed to Europe for peacekeeping in the Kosovo Force. The regiment was deactivated in 2007, as the 149th Armored Regiment.