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51Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers — Shortcuts: WP:MOSNUM WP:DATE MOS:NUM This page is part of the Ma …
52SI prefix — SI prefixes in everyday use Text Symbol Factor tera T 1000000000000 giga G 1000000 …
53Melvil Dewey — Born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey December 10, 1851 (1851 12 10) Adams Center, New York …
54Measurement — 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,… …
55Metrication in India — Metrication or metrification is the process of converting to the metric system based on the International System of Units (SI). India s conversion to the metric system occurred in stages between 1955 and 1962. The metric system in weights and… …
56Chinese units of measurement — A Traditional Chinese scale Chinese units of measurement (Chinese: 市制; pinyin: Shìzhì; literally market system ) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in China. In the People s Republic of China, the units were re standardised… …
57Metrication in the United States — U.S. shampoo label, with round metric quantity taking secondary status next to non integer U.S …
58Systems of measurement — A system of measurement is a set of units which can be used to specify anything which can be measured and were historically important, regulated and defined because of trade and internal commerce. Scientifically, when later analyzed, some… …
59Metrication controversy — The introduction of the metric system has faced some opposition in a number of countries over the past two centuries. Based on a previous U.S. Metric Association and recent CIA survey it is commonly cited that only the United States of America,… …
60Imperial 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… …
