Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

quetzal
the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos
 
khoum
5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania
 
magic number
the atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126
 
transcendental number
an irrational number that is not algebraic
 
sea
anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
 
mongo
100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia
 
kip
the basic unit of money in Laos
 
Kuwaiti dirham
worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils
 
kiloliter
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters
 
plurality
(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)
 
XXII
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
 
euro
the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
 
quintillionth
one part in a quintillion equal parts
 
diddley
a small worthless amount
 
Greek drachma
formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
 
duck
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
 
Gy
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
 
snake eyes
expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
 
agora
100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
 
1000000000
the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
 
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