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  2. Traditional French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    ~238 ml ~0.5 pint demi in French means "half": in this case, half a chopine, and – coincidentally – also approximately half a US pint [237 ml]. chopine: 1 ⁄ 2 ~476.1 ml ~1 pint ~0.84 pint pinte: 1 ~952.1 ml ~2.01 pint ~1.68 pint Although etymologically related to the English unit pint, the French pint is

  3. Litre - Wikipedia

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    Some SI units of volume to scale and approximate corresponding mass of water. A litre is a cubic decimetre, which is the volume of a cube 10 centimetres × 10 centimetres × 10 centimetres (1 L ≡ 1 dm 3 ≡ 1000 cm 3). Hence 1 L ≡ 0.001 m 3 ≡ 1000 cm 3; and 1 m 3 (i.e. a cubic metre, which is the SI unit for volume) is exactly 1000 L.

  4. French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    During the early part of the twentieth century, the French introduced their own units of power – the poncelet, which was defined as being the power required to raise a mass of 100 kg against standard gravity with a velocity of 1 m/s, giving a value of 980.665 W. [16] [17] However, many other European countries defined their units of power ...

  5. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The other units of length and mass, and all units of area, volume, and derived units such as density were derived from these two base units. Mesures usuelles (French for customary measures) were a system of measurement introduced as a compromise between the metric system and traditional measurements. It was used in France from 1812 to 1839.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement. It is the only system of measurement with official status in nearly every country in the world, employed in science ...

  7. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    Replaced in 1980 with the metric 375 mL Demi Bottle for both still and sparkling wines. Half Liter (US) 16.9: 500 mL: 2 ⁄ 3 Bottle: Was one of the eight standardized US metric bottle sizes listed on January 1, 1980, but was withdrawn on June 30, 1989. Still used in countries that sell wine in half-liters and liters. Bottle (US) 25: 739.3 mL ...

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  9. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    Measuring spoons (metric) – 1 mL, 5 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 125 mL Measuring spoons (customary units). In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass (commonly called weight), by volume, or by count.