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The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]
Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.
[a] Originally defined as the volume of 10 pounds (4.54 kg) of distilled water (under certain conditions) [b], then redefined by the Weights and Measures Act 1985 to be exactly 4.546 09 L (≈277.42 cu in), the imperial gallon is 1.62% smaller than the pre-1824 ale gallon.
After years of feeling unwell and overweight, Richard and Jill Wendt decided to embark on a weight loss journey together. The couple lost a combined 118 pounds by following the Mayo Clinic Diet.
The definition of units of weight above a pound differed between the customary and the imperial system - the imperial system employed the stone of 14 pounds, the hundredweight of 8 stone [Note 6] and the ton of 2240 pounds (20 hundredweight), while the customary system of units did not employ the stone but has a hundredweight of 100 pounds and ...
This measure would raise the minimum tax on businesses with sales in the state in excess of $25 million by 3% and 'rebate' the proceeds to Oregonians. Election results: Measure 118, the so-called ...
The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) [1] is an English and British imperial unit of mass equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds (6.35 kg). [nb 1] The stone continues in customary use in the United Kingdom and Ireland for body weight.
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