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Basics and measurement
Measurement
General
General
Basics
Measurement systems
Accuracy and precision
Closeness to true value or to each other
Apothecaries' system
Historical system of mass and volume units used by physicians and apothecaries
Approximate measures
Volumentric measurements
Astronomical system of units
System of measurement developed for use in astronomy
Atomic units
System of measurement
Avoirdupois
System of weights (more properly, mass) based on a pound of 16 ounces
Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement
Units of measurement in Jewish religious texts
Buckingham π theorem
Key theorem in dimensional analysis
Centimetre–gram–second system of units
Physical system of measurement that uses the centimetre, gram, and second as base units
Chronometry
Specifying measures of time-mesaurement in clear reference units
Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement systems
Comparison
Conversion of units
Comparison of various scales
Cooking weights and measures
List article
Dimensional analysis
Analysis of the relationships between different physical quantities
Dry measure
Unit of volume for things which are not fluids
English brewery cask units
Traditional English volume measurement units for beer
English units
System of units formerly used in England
English wine cask units
Traditional volume measurement units for wine
Foot–pound–second system of units
Physical system of measurement that uses the foot, pound, and second as base units
Gaussian units
Variant of the centimetre–gram–second unit system
Geometrized unit system
System of units in which the gravitational constant and the velocity of light are treated as unity
Gravitational metric system
System with base units kilopond, metre and second
Heaviside–Lorentz units
System of electromagnetic units
Imperial and US customary measurement systems
English (pre 1824), Imperial (post 1824) and US Customary (post 1776) units of measure
Imperial units
System of units that were implemented on 1 January 1826 in the British Empire
International System of Quantities
System of quantities used in science and their interrelationships
International System of Units
Modern form of the metric system
International System of Units
Modern form of the metric system
International yard and pound
Units defined by international agreement
Measurement
Process of assigning numbers to objects or events
Metre–tonne–second system of units
System of physical units
Metric system
Metre-based systems of measurement
Metrology
Science of measurement and its application
MKS units
Physical system of measurement that uses the metre, kilogram, and second as base units
Natural units
Units of measurement based on universal physical constants
Planck units
Units defined only by physical constants
Stoney units
System of natural units
System of units of measurement
Collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other
Telemetry
Data and measurements transferred from a remote location to receiving equipment for monitoring
Troy weight
System of units of mass
Unit of account
Money function
Unit of measurement
Definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity
United States customary units
System of units of measurement commonly used in the United States
Units of information
Capacity of information storage and communication
Winchester measure
Set of legal standards of volume instituted in the late 15th century (1495) by King Henry VII of England