british imperial system of measurement
1British Imperial System — ▪ measurement system British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measurestraditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from… …
2Imperial units — the units of the British Imperial system, adopted by Parliament in 1824. The basic units of the system are the foot, the avoirdupois pound, and the Imperial pint. The Weights and Measures Acts of 1963 and 1985 have redefined the Imperial… …
3imperial — 1. adjective a) Related to an empire, emperor, or empress. b) Relating to the British imperial system of measurement. Syn: imperial system …
4measurement system — Introduction any of the systems used in the process of associating numbers with physical quantities and phenomena (metrology). Although the concept of weights and measures (measurement) today includes such factors as temperature, luminosity …
5system of weights and measures — noun system of measurement for length and weight and duration • Hypernyms: ↑system of measurement, ↑metric • Hyponyms: ↑British Imperial System, ↑English system, ↑British system, ↑metric system, ↑ …
6Imperial units — or the Imperial system is a collection of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 , later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The units were introduced in the United Kingdom and its colonies, including Commonwealth… …
7Measurement — For bust/waist/hip measurement, see BWH. A typical tape measure with both metric and US units and two US pennies for comparison Measurement is the process or the result of determining the ratio of a physical quantity, such as a length, time,… …
8British Empire — For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. British Empire …
9British Weights and Measures Association — The British Weights and Measures Association, or BWMA, is a pressure group established in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1995,cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = title = Database of archives of Non Governmental Organisations BWMA work =… …
10imperial */*/ — UK [ɪmˈpɪərɪəl] / US [ɪmˈpɪrɪəl] adjective [usually before noun] 1) relating to an empire (= the rule of one country over several other countries) imperial power/expansion/domination Britain s imperial past a) relating to an emperor or empress… …
