actual measurement
71run — a unit of density for woolen yarn, used in the U.S. Yarn is described as n run if there are n 1600 yard hanks of the wool per pound. Actual yarn ranges from about 0.5 run to 8 run. The unit is also called the American run …
72sccm — , scfm, scfh, scfd, scim (etc.) symbols for standard cubic centimeters per minute , standard cubic feet per minute , standard cubic feet per hour , standard cubic feet per day , and standard cubic inches per minute. Many similar… …
73section — (sec) a traditional unit of area in the U.S. and western Canada, nominally equal to 1 square mile. This unit is used by the U.S. Public Land Survey System, which applies to most of the U.S. except for the original 13 states, Alaska, and Hawaii …
74smidgen — a very small quantity of material. Until recently, no one thought a smidgen was an actual unit of measure, but recently kitchen supply stores in the U.S. and other countries have begun selling sets of minispoons in which the smallest spoon,… …
75time zone — 1. a unit representing the difference in time between a given location and Universal Time. Under ISO 8601 (see previous entry), the difference is positive if the local time is later than Universal Time and negative if it is earlier; this means …
76tolerance unit — a unit of relative distance used by engineers when they put round pegs in round holes. Whenever a shaft passes through a hole, a small distance (the tolerance) must be left so that the shaft will be able to turn. If the diameter of a shaft is… …
77township — (twp) a traditional unit of area in the U.S. and western Canada. In the U.S. this unit equals 36 sections, or the area of a square nominally 6 miles on a side (about 93.24 square kilometers). Like the section, it is used by the U.S. Public… …
78volumetric weight — a measure of the size of a package used for billing purposes in the airline industry. The volumetric weight of a package, in kilograms, is equal to lwh/6000, where l, w, and h are the maximum length, width, and height measurements of the… …
79Pondicherry interpretation — The Pondicherry interpretation of quantum mechanics (PIQM) was developed by Ulrich Mohrhoff, who teaches at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education in Pondicherry, India.From the mathematical point of view, quantum mechanics is a… …
80Saturn V — Infobox rocket caption = The first Saturn V, AS 501, before the launch of Apollo 4 name = Saturn V function = Manned LEO and Lunar launch vehicle manufacturer = Boeing (S IC) North American (S II) Douglas (S IVB) country origin = United States… …
