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Metric units
SI units
CGS units
- Length: centimetre, centimeter
- Wave number: kayser
- Acceleration: gal, galileo
- Mass: gram
- Time: second
- Force: dyne
- Energy: erg
- Heat energy: calorie
- Pressure: barye
- Kinematic viscosity: stokes
- Dynamic viscosity: poise
- Luminance: stilb
- Illumination: phot
- Electrical charge: esu, franklin, statcoulomb
- Electrical current: abampere, ampere, biot
- Electric potential: abvolt, statvolt
- Permeability: darcy
- Electric dipole moment: debye
- Magnetic field strength: oersted
- Magnetic flux: line, maxwell, unit pole
- Magnetic flux density, magnetic induction: gauss
- Magnetic dipole moment: emu
- Magnetomotive force: gilbert
- Heat transmission: langley
- Radiation dose: rad, rem (obsolete) , rep (former name for rad)
Units of the MKS system
Other metric units
Units of length
Units of area
Units of volume/capacity
Units of mass
Units of angular measure
Units of energy/heat/work
Units of pressure
Units of luminance
Units of electrical charge
Units of power of a lens
Units of comparison of sound intensities, electrical currents or voltages
Units of radioactive activity
Units of dose of X-rays or gamma rays
Non-metric units
Units of length
Units of area
Units of volume/capacity
Units of volumetric flow
Units of angular measure
Units of mass
Units of force
Units of energy/heat/work
Units of intensity of ultraviolet light
Units of thermal resistance
Units of power
Units of temperature
Other units
Units of angular measure
Units of mass
Units of time
Units of angular velocity
Units of perceived loudness
Units of radioactive disintegration
Astronomical units
Computer memory
Nautical units
Output from reactor fuel
Specific units for various commodoties
Cloth
Flooring
Flour
Gemstones
Gold
Herrings
Hops
Paper
Silk, rayon and nylon
TNT
Wine
Wood
Wool
Yarn
Units used in particular countries
- Note: Units in this section are English names for units used in various countries. Please do not add non-English words here, but consider setting up an appendix for them in the appropriate language (such as Appendix:sv:Weights and measures for Swedish).
Chinese units
Egyptian units
French units
German units
Greek units
Hebrew units
Indian units
Japanese units
Length
Mass
Area
Volume
Persian units
Roman units
Russian units
Scottish units
Turkish units
Units used in various countries
Biblical units
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