Appendix:Weights and measures

SI units

 * See SI units

CGS units

 * Length: centimetre, centimeter
 * Wave number: kayser
 * Acceleration: gal, galileo
 * Mass: gram
 * Time: second
 * Force: dyne
 * Energy: erg
 * Heat energy: calorie
 * Pressure: barye
 * Kinematic viscosity: stokes
 * Dynamic viscosity: poise
 * Luminance: stilb
 * Illumination: phot
 * Electrical charge: esu, franklin, statcoulomb
 * Electrical current: abampere, ampere, biot
 * Electric potential: abvolt, statvolt
 * Permeability: darcy
 * Electric dipole moment: debye
 * Magnetic field strength: oersted
 * Magnetic flux: line, maxwell, unit pole
 * Magnetic flux density, magnetic induction: gauss
 * Magnetic dipole moment: emu
 * Magnetomotive force: gilbert
 * Heat transmission: langley
 * Radiation dose: rad, rem (obsolete), rep (former name for rad)

Units of the MKS system

 * kilogram
 * metre, meter
 * second

Units of the MKSA system (the Giorgi system)

 * ampere
 * kilogram
 * metre, meter
 * second

Units of length

 * angstrom
 * fermi
 * mil

Units of area

 * are
 * Multiples and submultiples:
 * centiare
 * deciare
 * hectare
 * milliare
 * barn
 * hectare

Units of volume/capacity

 * litre, liter
 * Multiples and submultiples:
 * centilitre, centiliter
 * decalitre, decaliter
 * decilitre, deciliter
 * hectolitre, hectoliter
 * kilolitre, kiloliter
 * millilitre, milliliter
 * mil

Units of mass

 * crith
 * metric carat
 * quintal

Units of angular measure

 * gon, grade

Units of energy/heat/work

 * electronvolt
 * Multiples:
 * gigaelectronvolt
 * kiloelectronvolt
 * megaelectronvolt
 * watt-hour
 * Multiples:
 * kilowatt-hour

Units of pressure

 * atmosphere
 * bar
 * Multiples and submultiples:
 * kilobar
 * microbar
 * millibar
 * millimetre of mercury, millimeter of mercury
 * standard atmosphere
 * torr

Units of luminance

 * lumen
 * candela
 * candle power
 * watt
 * Measured over areas:
 * lambert
 * lux
 * phots
 * foot-candles
 * foot-lamberts
 * lumans/sq meter

Units of electrical charge

 * ampere hour
 * faraday

Units of power of a lens

 * dioptre, diopter

Units of comparison of sound intensities, electrical currents or voltages

 * bel
 * Submultiple:
 * decibel
 * neper

Units of radioactive activity

 * curie

Units of dose of X-rays or gamma rays

 * röntgen, roentgen

Units of the slug-foot-second system

 * foot
 * second
 * slug

Units of length

 * barleycorn
 * cable length
 * chain
 * cubit
 * digit
 * ell
 * foot
 * furlong
 * hand
 * inch
 * ligne
 * line
 * link
 * mil
 * mile
 * nail
 * palm
 * perch
 * point
 * pole
 * rod
 * shaftment
 * span
 * statute mile
 * yard

Units of area

 * acre
 * hide
 * rood
 * section
 * square foot
 * square inch
 * square mile
 * square rod
 * square yard
 * virgate
 * yardland, yard of land

Units of volume/capacity

 * acre-foot
 * barrel
 * barrel-bulk
 * boll
 * bushel
 * cubic foot
 * cubic inch
 * cubic yard
 * cup
 * dessertspoon, dessertspoonful
 * firkin
 * fluid drachm, fluid dram
 * fluid ounce
 * fluid scruple
 * gallon
 * gill
 * heaped dessertspoon, heaped dessertspoonful
 * heaped tablespoon, heaped tablespoonful
 * heaped teaspoon, heaped teaspoonful
 * hogshead
 * kilderkin
 * miner's inch
 * minim
 * peck
 * pint
 * pipe
 * puncheon
 * quart
 * quarter
 * quatern
 * stick
 * tablespoon, tablespoonful
 * teaspoon, teaspoonful
 * tierce

Units of volumetric flow

 * cusec

Units of angular measure

 * mil

Units of mass

 * cental
 * chaldron
 * drachm, dram
 * dram apothecaries
 * grain
 * hundredweight
 * long ton
 * long hundredweight
 * ounce
 * ounce apothecaries
 * ounce troy
 * pennyweight
 * pound
 * pound apothecaries
 * pound avoirdupois
 * pound troy
 * quarter
 * quatern
 * scruple
 * short hundredweight
 * short ton
 * slug
 * stone
 * ton
 * tonne (metric ton)

Units of force

 * kip
 * poundal
 * pound-force

Units of energy/heat/work

 * British thermal unit
 * calorie
 * Calorie, kilocalorie
 * foot-pound, foot-pound force
 * lamp-hour
 * therm

Units of intensity of ultraviolet light

 * Finsen unit

Units of thermal resistance

 * R-value
 * tog

Units of power

 * horsepower

Units of temperature

 * degree Fahrenheit
 * degree Rankine

Units of angular measure

 * degree
 * minute
 * second

Units of mass

 * atomic mass unit

Units of time

 * century
 * decade
 * day
 * fortnight
 * hour
 * millennium
 * minute
 * month
 * week
 * year

Units of angular velocity

 * revolution per minute
 * revolution per second (rps)

Units of perceived loudness

 * phon
 * sone

Units of radioactive disintegration

 * rutherford

Astronomical units

 * astronomical unit
 * international candle
 * light year
 * parsec
 * standard candle

Computer memory

 * bit
 * Multiples:
 * kilobit
 * megabit
 * gigabit
 * terabit
 * petabit
 * exabit
 * byte
 * Multiples:
 * gigabyte
 * kilobyte
 * megabyte
 * terabyte
 * petabyte
 * exabyte
 * nibble, nybble
 * word

Nautical units

 * cable-length, cable's-length
 * fathom
 * league
 * international nautical mile
 * knot
 * last
 * nautical mile
 * sea mile

Output from reactor fuel

 * megawatt day per tonne

Cloth

 * cloth-yard

Flooring

 * square

Flour

 * boll

Gemstones

 * carat

Gold

 * carat, karat

Herrings

 * cran

Hops

 * hop-pocket

Paper

 * printer's ream
 * quire
 * ream

Silk, rayon and nylon

 * denier

TNT

 * kiloton
 * megaton

Wine

 * Balthazar
 * Jeroboam
 * magnum
 * methuselah
 * Nebuchadnezzar
 * rehoboam
 * salmanazar, salmanaser

Wood

 * board-foot
 * hoppus foot, hoppus cubic foot
 * stere
 * Multiples and submultiples:
 * centistere
 * decastere
 * decistere
 * hectostere

Wool

 * cord

Yarn

 * lay, lea, ley
 * tex

Units used in particular countries

 * Note: Units in this section are English names for units used in various countries. Please do not add non-English words here, but consider setting up an appendix for them in the appropriate language (such as Appendix:sv:Weights and measures for Swedish).

Chinese units

 * catty, kati, katti
 * kin
 * li
 * liang
 * picul
 * tael

Egyptian units

 * ardeb

French units

 * arpent
 * chopin
 * livre
 * muid
 * toise

German units

 * centner
 * pfund

Greek units

 * drachm, drachma
 * mina
 * stadium

Hebrew units

 * bath
 * caneh, kaneh
 * cor
 * epha, ephah
 * gerah
 * hin
 * homer
 * omer
 * shekel

Indian units

 * bigha
 * candie, candy, kandy
 * coss
 * maund
 * seer
 * tola
 * yojan

Length

 * shaku
 * mō
 * rin
 * bu
 * sun
 * jyō
 * ken
 * chō
 * ri
 * kujirajyaku

Mass

 * kan
 * mō
 * rin
 * bu
 * monme
 * kin

Area

 * tsubo
 * shaku
 * gō

Volume

 * shō
 * shaku
 * gō
 * to
 * koku

Persian units

 * parasang

Roman units

 * modius
 * semuncia

Russian units

 * arsheen, arshin, arshine
 * centner
 * dessiatine, dessyatine, desyatin
 * pood
 * sazhen
 * verst

Scottish units

 * chalder
 * chopin
 * lispound
 * mutchkin

Turkish units

 * arsheen, arshin, arshine
 * oke

Units used in various countries

 * anker
 * arroba
 * catty, kati, katti
 * centner
 * dirhem
 * kantar
 * maund
 * morgen
 * rotl
 * shippound
 * talent

Biblical units

 * cubit
 * gerah
 * mina
 * talent