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System of weights and measures   /sˈɪstəm əv weɪts ənd mˈɛʒərz/   Listen
System of weights and measures

noun
1.
System of measurement for length and weight and duration.





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"System of weights and measures" Quotes from Famous Books



... compelled to renounce it for all the measures of astronomy, geography, navigation, time, the circle, and the sphere; to modify it even for superficial and cubical linear measure.' The conclusion of the Americans was, that it was better to continue the use of the system of weights and measures inherited from the father-land. Partly on account of our intimate commercial relations with them, they are content to wait, and allow us to take the lead in ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 - Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 • Various


Words linked to "System of weights and measures" :   British system, English system, United States Customary System, metric system, British Imperial System, metric, system of measurement


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