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  2. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and most U.S. territories, [1] since being standardized and adopted in 1832. [2] The United States customary system developed from English units that were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country.

  3. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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    The imperial and US customary measurement systems are both derived from an earlier English system of measurement which in turn can be traced back to Ancient Roman units of measurement, and Carolingian and Saxon units of measure. The US Customary system of units was developed and used in the United States after the American Revolution, based on ...

  4. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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    The units of cubic length (the cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic mile, etc.) are the same in the imperial and US customary systems, but they differ in their specific units of volume (the bushel, gallon, fluid ounce, etc.). The US customary system has one set of units for fluids and another set for dry goods.

  5. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    US customary units, however, are still the main system of measurement in the United States. While some steps towards metrication have been made (mainly in the late 1960s and early 1970s), the customary units have a strong hold due to the vast industrial infrastructure and commercial development.

  6. Category : Customary units of measurement in the United States

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    Pages in category "Customary units of measurement in the United States" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. English units - Wikipedia

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    Imperial and US customary measurement systems – English (pre 1824), Imperial (post 1824) and US Customary (post 1776) units of measure; Imperial units – System of measurements; Long hundred – 120 (as in six score, rather than 100) Metrication – Conversion to the metric system of measurement

  8. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A shampoo label from the U.S. that shows a round metric quantity taking secondary status in parentheses next to non-integer U.S. customary quantity. Metrication (or metrification) is the process of introducing the International System of Units, also known as SI units or the metric system, to replace a jurisdiction's traditional measuring units.

  9. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1] [2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.