British Imperial system of measurement

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• British Imperial System — ▪ measurement system        British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measurestraditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from… …   Universalium

• Imperial units —    the units of the British Imperial system, adopted by Parliament in 1824.    The basic units of the system are the foot, the avoirdupois pound, and the Imperial pint. The Weights and Measures Acts of 1963 and 1985 have redefined the Imperial… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• imperial — 1. adjective a) Related to an empire, emperor, or empress. b) Relating to the British imperial system of measurement. Syn: imperial system …   Wiktionary

• measurement system — Introduction       any of the systems used in the process of associating numbers with physical quantities and phenomena (metrology). Although the concept of weights and measures (measurement) today includes such factors as temperature, luminosity …   Universalium

• system of weights and measures — noun system of measurement for length and weight and duration • Hypernyms: ↑system of measurement, ↑metric • Hyponyms: ↑British Imperial System, ↑English system, ↑British system, ↑metric system, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Imperial units — or the Imperial system is a collection of units, first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 , later refined (until 1959) and reduced. The units were introduced in the United Kingdom and its colonies, including Commonwealth… …   Wikipedia

• Measurement — For bust/waist/hip measurement, see BWH. A typical tape measure with both metric and US units and two US pennies for comparison Measurement is the process or the result of determining the ratio of a physical quantity, such as a length, time,… …   Wikipedia

• British Empire — For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. British Empire …   Wikipedia

• British Weights and Measures Association — The British Weights and Measures Association, or BWMA, is a pressure group established in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1995,cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = title = Database of archives of Non Governmental Organisations BWMA work =… …   Wikipedia

• imperial */*/ — UK [ɪmˈpɪərɪəl] / US [ɪmˈpɪrɪəl] adjective [usually before noun] 1) relating to an empire (= the rule of one country over several other countries) imperial power/expansion/domination Britain s imperial past a) relating to an emperor or empress… …   English dictionary

• British thermal unit — noun a unit of measurement in the imperial system equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1°F; 1055.055 852 62 joules. Symbol: Btu, BTU, BThU …