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  2. Check weigher - Wikipedia

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    There are several tolerance methods: . The traditional "minimum weight" system where weights below a specified weight are rejected. Normally the minimum weight is the weight that is printed on the pack or a weight level that exceeds that to allow for weight losses after production such as evaporation of commodities that have a moisture content.

  3. Weights and Measures Act 1972 - Wikipedia

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    The Weights and Measures Act 1972 (Malay: Akta Timbang dan Sukat 1972) is an Act of the Parliament of Malaysia.It was enacted to establish units of measurement and standards of mass and measure based on the International System of Units, to regulate weights and measures and instruments for weighing and measuring and to make provisions for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto.

  4. General Conference on Weights and Measures - Wikipedia

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    The General Conference on Weights and Measures (abbreviated CGPM from the French: Conférence générale des poids et mesures) [1]: 117 is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the intergovernmental organization established in 1875 under the terms of the Metre Convention through which member states act together on matters related to measurement ...

  5. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A system of units of measurement, also known as a system of units or system of measurement, is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other. . Systems of measurement have historically been important, regulated and defined for the purposes of science and comme

  6. Specific strength - Wikipedia

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    The specific strength is a material's (or muscle's) strength (force per unit area at failure) divided by its density.It is also known as the strength-to-weight ratio or strength/weight ratio or strength-to-mass ratio.

  7. Hydrometer - Wikipedia

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    Schematic drawing of a hydrometer. The lower the density of the fluid, the deeper the weighted float B sinks. The depth is read off the scale A.. A hydrometer or lactometer is an instrument used for measuring density or relative density of liquids based on the concept of buoyancy.