Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

cubic metre
a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters
 
Tongan monetary unit
monetary unit in Tonga
 
khoum
5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania
 
Zimbabwean dollar
the basic unit of money in Zimbabwe
 
crate
the quantity contained in a crate
 
H
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
 
Japanese monetary unit
monetary unit in Japan
 
mi
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
 
trillion floating point operations per second
(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
 
abvolt
a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt
 
spark
a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
 
Philippine monetary unit
monetary unit in the Philippines
 
Chadian franc
the basic unit of money in Chad
 
barnful
the quantity that a barn will hold
 
mm Hg
a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli
 
quarter
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
 
carful
the quantity that a car will hold
 
formatted capacity
(computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk
 
meter
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
 
V
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
 
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