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Meanings of units of measurement in English

Russian
единица измерения
Portuguese
unidade de medida
Spanish
unidad
Catalan
unitat de mesura
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Quantity, defined and adopted by convention.

        единица измерения
        Usage of units of measurement in English
        1
        We have no decent units of measurement and we change our minds all the time.
        The Irish Times
        2
        In May, it was announced that the international SI units of measurement had been redefined.
        The Guardian
        3
        It is great to see that the old imperial units of measurement are still in use.
        The Irish Times
        4
        These are fundamentally different units of measurement.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        5
        Gauge equivariance ensures that physicists' models of reality stay consistent, regardless of their perspective or units of measurement.
        Wired
        6
        Americans are hopelessly backward on modern (SI) units of measurement, and their preferences should be ignored.
        The Irish Times
        7
        No units of measurement yet devised are adequate for the computation of the power wielded by a beautiful woman.
        Hints for Lovers
        8
        So those two related concerns continue to run through the paintings: unpredictable events and the application of standard units of measurement.
        The Irish Times
        9
        A Dictionary of Units of Measurement lists more than 30 different kinds of degree.
        Wired
        10
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