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2. Template:Convert/list of units - Wikipedia

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   Printable version; In other projects ... non-SI metric: hectare: ha ha 1.0 ... conversion combination output units Metric:

3. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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   Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.

4. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   Multiples and submultiples of metric units are related by powers of ten and their names are formed with prefixes. This relationship is compatible with the decimal system of numbers and it contributes greatly to the convenience of metric units. In the early metric system there were two base units, the metre for length and the gram for mass. The ...

5. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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   The SI provides twenty-four metric prefixes that signify decimal powers ranging from 10 −30 to 10 30, the most recent being adopted in 2022. [1]: 143–144 [7] [8] [9] Most prefixes correspond to integer powers of 1000; the only ones that do not are those for 10, 1/10, 100, and 1/100. The conversion between different SI units for one and the ...

6. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Metric signs and metric measurements were removed for the 2009 edition and replaced with an appendix of metric conversion tables. This is in marked contrast to the position in the (largely metric) United Kingdom , where metric road signs are prohibited by law (except for those denoting widths and height restrictions, which include both metric ...

7. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. government passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, which made the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for U.S. trade and commerce". The legislation states that the federal government has a responsibility to assist industry as it voluntarily converts to the metric system, i.e., metrification. This is most ...