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2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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   The system can be traced back to the measuring systems of the Hindus [18]: B-9 and the ancient Egyptians, who subdivided the hekat (about 4.8 litres) into parts of 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 8, 1 ⁄ 16, 1 ⁄ 32, and 1 ⁄ 64 (1 ro, or mouthful, or about 14.5 ml), [19] and the hin similarly down to 1 ⁄ 32 (1 ro) using hieratic notation, [20] as ...

3. Measuring cup - Wikipedia

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   A simple plastic measuring cup, capable of holding the volume one cup. A measuring cup is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar, especially for volumes from about 50 mL (approx. 2 fl oz) upwards. Measuring cups are also used to measure washing powder, liquid ...

4. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup being 250 millilitres.

5. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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   6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.). A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions.

6. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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   Lux meter for measuring illuminance, i.e. incident luminous flux per unit area; Luminance meter for measuring luminance, i.e. luminous flux per unit area and unit solid angle; Light meter, an instrument used to set photographic exposures. It can be either a lux meter (incident-light meter) or a luminance meter (reflected-light meter), and is ...

7. Masu (measurement) - Wikipedia

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   Isshōmasu (1 shō or 10 gō [1.8 L]) = Holds a full shō measure. A small 65 by 65 by 55 mm (2.5 by 2.5 by 2.25 in), lidded form of masu , is sold for serving pepper, salt, sugar, and other dry condiments at the table.