Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

capacity
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
 
arpent
a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre
 
XXVIII
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
 
milligram
one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
 
Dutch florin
formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
 
microfarad
a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
 
Iranian monetary unit
monetary unit in Iran
 
utility
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
 
quintillion
the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
 
digit
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
 
barn
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
 
lev
the basic unit of money in Bulgaria
 
Boltzmann's constant
constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant
 
firkin
a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
 
radioactivity unit
a measure of radioactivity
 
anna
a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
 
yield
the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
 
Myanmar monetary unit
monetary unit in the Union of Burma
 
thousandth
one part in a thousand equal parts
 
solubility
the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
 
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