Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
- stride
- the distance covered by a step
- last
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- yarder
- (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards
- ream
- a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
- international nautical mile
- a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- I
- the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- eV
- a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt
- degree
- a measure for arcs and angles
- field capacity
- the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold
- microgram
- one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
- Yemeni rial
- the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils
- aliquot
- an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity
- avoirdupois unit
- any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
- Dominican monetary unit
- monetary unit in the Dominican Republic
- femtovolt
- a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond)
- board foot
- the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick
- Canadian dollar
- the basic unit of money in Canada
- pipeful
- the quantity of tobacco that can be smoked in a pipe at one time
- Luxembourg franc
- formerly the basic unit of money in Luxembourg
- ngultrum
- the basic unit of money in Bhutan
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