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A Dictionary of Units This provides a summary of most of th e units of measurement to be found in use around the world today (and a few of historical interest), together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the SI. The units may be found either by looking under the in which they are used, (length energy etc.) category or by picking one unit from an alphabetically ordered list of units. There is an outline of the S I system, a list of its 7 basic definitions , some of its derived units, together with a list of all the S I prefixes, and some of the rules and conventions for its usage. On the subject of measures generally, there is a short historical note. Then there are descriptions of the Metric system, and the U K (Impe rial) syst em, followed by statements on the implementation of 'metr icat ion' in the U K , and then the U S syste m of measures . At the bottom of this document is a list of other sources, and also some links to other Web sites. Finally there are some notes on this material . A more extensive (3-part) version of this dictionary will be found at www.ex.ac.uk/trol/dictunit/  The Systeme International [S I] Le Systeme international d'Unites officially came into being in October 19 60 and has  been officially recognised and adopted by nearly all countries, though the amount of actual usage varies considerably. It is based upon 7 principal units, 1 in each of 7 different categories - Category Name Abbrev. Length metre m Mass kilogram kg Time second s Electric current ampere A Temperature kelvin K Amount of substance mole mol Luminous intensity candela cd

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