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

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    Volume may be measured either in terms of units of cubic length or with specific volume units. 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.).

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Valve's Source game engine uses the Hammer unit as its base unit of length. This unit refers to Source's official map creation software, Hammer. [1] The exact definition varies from game to game, but a Hammer unit is usually defined as a sixteenth of a foot (16 Hammer units = 1 foot).

  4. Reference ranges for blood tests - Wikipedia

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    9.2, [41] 11 [5] 17, [5] 20 [41] μmol/L Magnesium: 1.5, [23] 1.7 [42] 2.0, [23] 2.3 [42] mEq/L or mg/dL: See hypomagnesemia or hypermagnesemia: 0.6, [43] 0.7 [5] 0. ...

  5. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Sign Units Used in 1 percent (%), 1 g% [6] 1 g/dL = 1 cg/mL = 10 g/L = 1 g/100 mL: US, Australia, [6] [7] Canada [8] 1 per mille (‰) [a]: 1 g/L = 1 mg/mL = 100 mg/1 ...

  6. Metabolic equivalent of task - Wikipedia

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    The metabolic equivalent of task (MET) is the objective measure of the ratio of the rate at which a person expends energy, relative to the mass of that person, while performing some specific physical activity compared to a reference, currently set by convention at an absolute 3.5 mL of oxygen per kg per minute, which is the energy expended when sitting quietly by a reference individual, chosen ...

  7. South African units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Rhynland rood (Rijnlandse roede) was a standard Dutch measurement.It was changed in 1859 to the "Cape Foot" due to a drift in standards. 1 Rhynland foot (Rijnlandse voet) = 12 Rhynland inches (Rijnlandse duim) = 1.030 English feet.

  8. Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The eclipse period is a variable period starting from HIV exposure in which no existing test can detect HIV. The median duration of the eclipse period in one study was 11.5 days.

  9. Benzalkonium chloride - Wikipedia

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    Benzalkonium chloride (BZK, BKC, BAK, BAC), also known as alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and by the trade name Zephiran, [1] is a type of cationic surfactant.It is an organic salt classified as a quaternary ammonium compound.