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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    511 Gm (3.4 au) – average diameter of Mira, a pulsating red giant and the progenitor of the Mira variables. It is an asymptotic giant branch star. [182] 570 Gm (3.8 au) – length of the tail of Comet Hyakutake measured by Ulysses; the actual value could be much higher; 590 Gm (3.9 au) – diameter of the Pistol Star, a blue hypergiant star [183]

  3. AM–GM inequality - Wikipedia

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    Proof without words of the AMGM inequality: PR is the diameter of a circle centered on O; its radius AO is the arithmetic mean of a and b. Using the geometric mean theorem, triangle PGR's altitude GQ is the geometric mean. For any ratio a:b, AO ≥ GQ. Visual proof that (x + y) 2 ≥ 4xy. Taking square roots and dividing by two gives the AM ...

  4. Metacentric height - Wikipedia

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    The metacentric height (GM) is a measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body. [1] It is calculated as the distance between the centre of gravity of a ship and its metacentre . A larger metacentric height implies greater initial stability against overturning.

  5. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    A kilogram mass and three metric measuring devices: a tape measure in centimetres, a thermometer in degrees Celsius, and a multimeter that measures potential in volts, current in amperes and resistance in ohms.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    At the close of the 19th century three different systems of units of measure existed for electrical measurements: a CGS-based system for electrostatic units, also known as the Gaussian or ESU system, a CGS-based system for electromechanical units (EMU), and an International system based on units defined by the Metre Convention [33] for ...

  7. Orders of magnitude (molar concentration) - Wikipedia

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    GM gigamolar 10 −12 M pM picomolar 10 12 M TM teramolar 10 −15 M fM femtomolar 10 15 M PM petamolar 10 −18 M aM attomolar 10 18 M EM examolar 10 −21 M zM zeptomolar 10 21 M ZM zettamolar 10 −24 M yM yoctomolar 10 24 M YM yottamolar 10 −27 M rM rontomolar 10 27 M RM ronnamolar 10 −30 M qM quectomolar 10 30 M QM quettamolar

  8. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The outhouse is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −6 barns (100 am 2 = 10 −34 m 2). The barn (b) is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to one hundred femtometres squared (100 fm 2 = 10 −28 m 2). The are (a) is a unit of area equal to 100 m 2. The decare (daa) is a unit of area equal to 1000 m 2.

  9. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles.