Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

elastic modulus
(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
 
Brinell number
measure of the hardness of a material
 
chlorinity
a measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater)
 
Little Joe
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
 
snuff
a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
 
El Salvadoran colon
the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
 
tala
the basic unit of money in Western Samoa
 
Papuan monetary unit
monetary unit in Papua New Guinea
 
Spanish peseta
formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos
 
manat
the basic unit of money in Turkmenistan
 
oersted
the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole
 
pound
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
 
Kazakhstani monetary unit
monetary unit in Kazakhstan
 
blood count
the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
 
tot
a small amount (especially of a drink)
 
Uruguayan monetary unit
monetary unit in Uruguay
 
austral
the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos
 
proper fraction
a fraction with a numerator smaller than the denominator
 
conductance unit
a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge
 
pail
the quantity contained in a pail
 
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