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Imperial units

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 293 words | Copyright

Imperial units The British system of units based on the pound and the yard. The former f.p.s. system was used in engineering and was loosely based on Imperial units; for all scientific purposes SI units are now used. Imperial units are also being replaced for general purposes by metric units.

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