British weights and measures

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• 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

• British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures — ▪ Table British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures unit abbreviation or symbol equivalents in other units of same system metric equivalent Weight Avoirdupois1 avdp ton   short ton 20 short hundredweight, or 2,000 pounds 0 …   Universalium

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• Imperial weights and measures — Imperial Im*pe ri*al, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F. imp[ e]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command, sovereignty, empire. See {Empire}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• 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

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• British Imperial System — noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint • Syn: ↑English system, ↑British system • Hypernyms: ↑system of weights and measures • Part Meronyms: ↑avoirdupois unit …   Useful english dictionary

• British system — noun a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint • Syn: ↑British Imperial System, ↑English system • Hypernyms: ↑system of weights and measures • Part Meronyms: ↑avoirdupois unit …   Useful english dictionary

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