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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES — From the earliest period of their history the Jews were alive to the necessity of an accurate system of weights and measures, and an honest handling of them. The first legislation in the interest of economic righteousness in general is found in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
weights and measures — Mercantile activities, including buying and selling; money exchanging; and trade, both local and foreign, as well as reckoning the sizes of land parcels and erecting large buildings, necessitated the development of standards of weights and… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES — While there is considerable evidence for weights from diverse historical periods in the form of weight stones of various shapes, other measuring standards have to be deducted from architectural remains and the written evidence. Most cities had … Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia
Weights and Measures — Exponents immediately follow the ^ symbol throughout this appendix. Mathematical Power Name 10^18 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 one quintillion 10^15 or 1,000,000,000,000,000 one quadrillion 10^12 or 1,000,000,000,000 one trillion 10^9 or… … Universalium
weights and measures — The law [[➝ Law]] in OT times demanded honest weights and measures (Lev. 19:35 f.), though this was not always observed (Amos 8:4–5). There was no unified system covering the whole country. Metals were weighed in talents; one was divisible into… … Dictionary of the Bible
Cooking weights and measures — Metric measuring spoons … Wikipedia
Weights and Measures Act — A Weights and Measures Act is an Act of Parliament determining trade law where the weight or size of the goods being traded are important. For example, if a bottle of milk is for sale and has a label saying it contains one pint, then the law… … Wikipedia
British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures — ▪ Table British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of weights and measures unit abbreviation or symbol equivalents in other units of same system metric equivalent Weight Avoirdupois1 avdp ton short ton 20 short hundredweight, or 2,000 pounds 0 … Universalium
General Conference on Weights and Measures — The General Conference on Weights and Measures is the English name of the Conférence générale des poids et mesures (CGPM, never GCWM). It is one of the three organizations established to maintain the International System of Units (SI) under the… … Wikipedia
system of weights and measures — noun system of measurement for length and weight and duration • Hypernyms: ↑system of measurement, ↑metric • Hyponyms: ↑British Imperial System, ↑English system, ↑British system, ↑metric system, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
weights and measures — noun The science and regulation of standards for the quantification of size, weight, temperature, etc … Wiktionary
