List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… … Wikipedia
Ancient Egyptian units of measurement — The Ancient Egyptian unit of linear measurement was known as the Royal Cubit, was maintained as 523.5mm (20.61 inches) in length, and was subdivided into 7 palms of 4 digits each, giving 28 digits. This measurement standard was used from at least … Wikipedia
List of humorous units of measurement — This is a sub article to List of unusual units of measurement Many comedians and humour writers have made use of, or invented, units of measurement intended primarily for their humour value. This is a list of such units invented by sources that… … Wikipedia
Level of measurement — The levels of measurement , or scales of measure are expressions that typically refer to the theory of scale types developed by the psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens. Stevens proposed his theory in a 1946 Science article titled On the theory of… … Wikipedia
Conventional electrical unit — A conventional electrical unit (is also know as a electrical symbol) (or simply conventional unit where there is no risk of ambiguity) is a unit of measurement in the field of electricity which is based on the conventional values of the Josephson … Wikipedia
масштабная единица измерения — — [http://www.iks media.ru/glossary/index.html?glossid=2400324] Тематики электросвязь, основные понятия EN scaled measurement unitSMU … Справочник технического переводчика
gill — gill1 gill less, adj. gill like, adj. /gil/, n. 1. the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water. 2. Also called lamella. one of the radiating vertical plates on the underside of the cap of an agaric… … Universalium
Morphometrics — Contents 1 Forms of morphometrics 1.1 Traditional morphometrics 1.2 Landmark based geometric morphometrics … Wikipedia
Hekat (volume) — The hekat or heqat (transcribed HqA.t ) was an ancient Egyptian volume unit, used to measure grain, bread, and beer. Until the New Kingdom the hekat was one tenth of a khar, later one sixteenth; while the New Kingdom oipe (transcribed ip.t )… … Wikipedia
Gill — /gil/ for 1; /jil/ for 2, n. 1. a male given name. 2. a female given name. * * * ▪ measurement also spelled jill in measurement, unit of volume in the British Imperial (British Imperial System) and United States Customary systems. It is… … Universalium
New Horizons — For other uses, see New Horizons (disambiguation). New Horizons Operator NASA Major contractors Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) … Wikipedia