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  2. Template:Convert - Wikipedia

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    By {{Convert}} default, the conversion result will be rounded either to precision comparable to that of the input value (the number of digits after the decimal point—or the negative of the number of non-significant zeroes before the point—is increased by one if the conversion is a multiplication by a number between 0.02 and 0.2, remains the ...

  3. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    A kilogram mass and three metric measuring devices: a tape measure in centimetres, a thermometer in degrees Celsius, and a multimeter that measures potential in volts, current in amperes and resistance in ohms. The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement.

  4. Myanmar units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The traditional Burmese units of measurement were a system of measurement used in Myanmar. [citation needed]Myanmar was one of three countries that had not adopted the International System of Units (SI) metric system as their official system of weights and measures according to the 2010 CIA Factbook. [1]

  5. Metrication in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Metrication in Australia effectively began in 1966 with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board. [1] The conversion of measurements—metrication—commenced subsequently in 1971, under the direction of the Metric Conversion Board and actively proceeded until the Board was disbanded in 1981.

  6. History of the metric system - Wikipedia

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    Publishing conversion tables relating the new units of measure to the existing units of measure. The panel decided that the new measure of length should be equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator (Earth quadrant), measured along the Paris meridian. [20]

  7. Thai units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Thailand adopted the metric system on 17 December 1923. [1]Before metrication, the traditional system of measurement used in Thailand employed anthropic units.Some of these units are still in use, albeit standardised to SI/metric measurements.

  8. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    One metric horsepower is needed to lift 75 kilograms by 1 metre in 1 second. The various units used to indicate this definition (PS, KM, cv, hk, pk, k, ks and ch) all translate to horse power in English. British manufacturers often intermix metric horsepower and mechanical horsepower depending on the origin of the engine in question. [citation ...

  9. Engineering notation - Wikipedia

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    Engineering notation or engineering form (also technical notation) is a version of scientific notation in which the exponent of ten is always selected to be divisible by three to match the common metric prefixes, i.e. scientific notation that aligns with powers of a thousand, for example, 531×10 3 instead of 5.31×10 5 (but on calculator displays written without the ×10 to save space).

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