Measures and Units

A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units, edited by Donald Fenna, Oxford University Press
This resource provides clear definitions of all the units, prefixes and styles of the Système International (SI), as well as traditional and industry-specific units. The terms are taken from a broad range of subjects including astronomy, electromagnetics, geology, photography, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and temperature.
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C (mathematics, physics, electromagnetics, informatics, music)
c.c.-atmos (energy)
c.p.s. (electromagnetics, informatics)
c0 (sub-atomic physics)
c1, c2 (radiation physics)
cable (material)
Cal. (thermodynamics, nutrition)
calendar (system)
Callier coefficient (photography)
calorie (measure)
candela (unit of luminous intensity)
candle (cylinder of wax or tallow)
candlepower (light-radiating capacity)
carat (mass)
carcel (flame luminosity)
cc (abbreviation)
cd (abbreviation)
celo (mechanics)
Celsius (system)
centare (area)
centesimal minute (plane angle)
centesimal second (plane angle)
centi- (prefix)
centi-octave (music)
centiHg (pressure)
centimeter (measure, unit)
cH (mass)
chain (length)
CIE system (colorimetry)
Clark (chemistry)