Effortlessly switch between different metric units using our Metric System Converter, which allows for smooth conversions between meters, kilometers, kilocalories, and kilojoules. Metric units are ...

As ever more digital data is created and stored, the world needs more unit measurements to keep up with the ever-expanding numbers. To do so, the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures on ...

Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Science News spoke with Richard Brown, head of metrology at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, England, ...

Americans have long used diverse weights and measures, reflecting their diverse origins. From colonial times, converting from one unit to another was part of courses in commercial arithmetic. The ...

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l).

IN a circular letter, dealing with the world-wide spread of the metric system, the Decimal Association points out that the time is soon coming when metric usage, instead of being regarded as a ...

The new kilogram has finally arrived. Updates to scientists’ system of measurement went into force May 20, redefining the kilogram and several other units in the metric system. The revamp does away ...

A SHORT time ago (March 29) Dr. C. E. Guillaume contributed to the Paris Academy of Sciences a paper on the obligatory adoption of the metric system in Japan. The Decent Japanese law making- the ...

Thirty years ago today the metric system was introduced into New Zealand says Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard. The Weights and Measures Amendment Act became law on the 14 December 1976. "It ...