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  2. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    In the standard system the conversion is that 1 gallon = 231 cubic inches and 1 inch = 2.54 cm, which makes a gallon = 3785.411784 millilitres exactly. For nutritional labeling on food packages in the US, the teaspoon is defined as exactly 5 ml, [22] giving 1 gallon = 3840 ml exactly. This chart uses the former.

  3. Metric Act of 1866 - Wikipedia

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    1,000 grams: 1 liter: 2.2046 pounds Hectogram: 100 grams: 1 deciliter: 3.5274 ounces Dekagram: 10 grams: 10 cubic centiliters: 0.3527 ounces Gram: 1 gram: 1 cubic centiliter: 15.432 grains Decigram: 1 ⁄ 10 gram: 1 ⁄ 10 cubic centiliter: 1.5432 grains Centigram: 1 ⁄ 100 gram: 10 cubic milliliters: 0.1543 grains Milligram: 1 ⁄ 1000 gram ...

  4. Standard drink - Wikipedia

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    United States standard drinks of beer, malt liquor, wine, and spirits compared. Each contains about 14 grams or 17.7 ml of ethanol. A standard drink or (in the UK) unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol.

  5. 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 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.

  6. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Table of Chinese volume units effective in 1930 [3] Pinyin Character Relative value Metric value US value Imperial value Notes cuō: 撮: 1 ⁄ 1000: 1 mL 0.0338 fl oz 0.0352 fl oz millilitre: sháo: 勺: 1 ⁄ 100: 10 mL 0.3381 fl oz 0.3520 fl oz centilitre: gě: 合: 1 ⁄ 10: 100 mL 3.381 fl oz 3.520 fl oz decilitre: shēng: 市升: 1 1 L: 2 ...

  7. Gram - Wikipedia

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    The gram (originally gramme; [1] SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.. Originally defined in 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure water equal to the cube of the hundredth part of a metre [1 cm 3], and at the temperature of melting ice", [2] the defining temperature (≈0 °C) was later changed to 4 °C ...

  8. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol measurements are units of measurement for determining amounts of beverage alcohol.Alcohol concentration in beverages is commonly expressed as alcohol by volume (ABV), ranging from less than 0.1% in fruit juices to up to 98% in rare cases of spirits.

  9. International unit - Wikipedia

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    Multivitamins nutrition facts label showing that the international unit of, for example, vitamins D and E correspond to different gram values. In pharmacology, the international unit (IU) is a unit of measurement for the effect or biological activity of a substance, for the purpose of easier comparison across similar forms of substances.