Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

tot
a small amount (especially of a drink)
 
Luxembourg franc
formerly the basic unit of money in Luxembourg
 
transcendental number
an irrational number that is not algebraic
 
Norwegian krone
the basic unit of money in Norway
 
production
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
 
J
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
 
tank
as much as a tank will hold
 
hairsbreadth
a very small distance or space
 
ouguiya
the basic unit of money in Mauritania
 
Hubble's parameter
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
 
pfennig
100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany
 
significant figure
any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
 
kilderkin
an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
 
dalasi
the basic unit of money in Gambia
 
mi
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
 
irrational number
a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
 
bolivar
the basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos
 
pul
100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan
 
dry quart
a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
 
poundal
a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons
 
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