Basic Sciences - Measurement Units
Study terms for metric and imperial units used to measure mass, length, area, volume, electricity, frequency, energy, and power.
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a unit for measuring weight equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 kilograms
a unit of weight used for measuring gemstones and pearls, equal to 200 milligrams or 0.2 grams
a unit of measuring weight that equals one thousandth of a gram
a unit of measuring weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
a unit of measuring weight equal to 2.20 pounds or 1000 grams
a unit for measuring weight that is used in the US and is equal to 907.19 kg
a unit used to measure liquids in the United States, equivalent to approximately 3.785 liters
a unit for measuring the quantity of a liquid or gas that equals one thousandth of a liter
a metric unit equal to 1/100th of a liter
a unit for measuring an amount of liquid or gas that equals 2.11 pints
a unit of measuring length equal to 1.6 kilometers or 1760 yards
a unit of measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimeters
a unit of length that is equal to 91.44 centimeters or 36 inches
a unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot or 2.54 centimeters
a unit used in North America and Britain for measuring land area that equals 4047 square meters or 4840 square yards
a land measurement unit that equals 10000 square meters or 2471 acres
a unit of length in the metric system equal to one billionth of a meter
a unit of measuring length equal to one thousandth of a meter
a unit of measuring length equal to one hundredth of a meter
the basic unit of measuring length that is equal to 100 centimeters
a unit for measuring length that is equal to 1000 meters or approximately 0.62 miles
the standard unit of electromotive force, which measures the strength of an electrical current that is sent around an electrical system
the standard unit for measuring electrical power corresponding to the rate of energy consumption in an electric circuit, equal to one joule per second
(physics) a unit of power equal to 1,000 watts
(physics) a unit of power equal to one million watts
(physics) a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere
the unit of electric current, symbolized as "A" in the International System of Units
(physics) a unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second
a unit that is used to measure the frequency of a radio wave which is equal to 1 million Hertz
(physics) a unit of energy equal to the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius
a unit for measuring an engine's power
