Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
- kiloton
- a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT
- microvolt
- a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
- cartload
- the quantity that a cart holds
- tael
- a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
- one-ten-thousandth
- one part in ten thousand equal parts
- telephone unit
- a unit of measurement for telephone use
- degree day
- a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building
- Niger franc
- the basic unit of money in Niger
- Chadian franc
- the basic unit of money in Chad
- United States dollar
- the basic unit of money in the United States
- pataca
- the basic unit of money in Macao
- nanovolt
- a unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt
- trillion
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros
- googolplex
- a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
- rotl
- a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
- carat
- the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
- tenge
- the basic unit of money in Kazakhstan
- Cambodian monetary unit
- monetary unit in Cambodia
- mug
- the quantity that can be held in a mug
- significant digit
- 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)
List More
