Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

dosage
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
 
headspace
the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing
 
oersted
the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
 
rouble
the basic unit of money in Russia
 
Sri Lankan monetary unit
monetary unit in Sri Lanka
 
straight angle
an angle of 180 degrees
 
factor of proportionality
the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
 
linage
the number of lines in a piece of printed material
 
miles per gallon
the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel
 
Mx
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
 
micrometer
a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
 
zloty
the basic unit of money in Poland
 
Syrian pound
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
 
R
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
 
Spanish monetary unit
monetary unit in Spain
 
Kuwaiti monetary unit
monetary unit in Kuwait
 
R
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
 
Russian monetary unit
monetary unit in Russia
 
prime factor
the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity
 
Jordanian monetary unit
monetary unit in Jordan
 
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