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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D (time, electromagnetics, radiation physics, astronomy, informatics, biochemistry, music, woodworking)
d factor (electromagnetics)
D unit (radiation physics)
Da (area, biochemistry)
da (ducktail)
daa (area)
daL (volume)
dalton (city, Georgia)
dam (female parent)
day (time)
Dean number (fluid mechanics)
deca- (prefix)
decade (time, physics)
deci- (prefix)
decibel (in acoustics)
deciboyle (pressure)
decilog (engineering)
deg (abbreviation)
demal (chemistry)
density (in chemistry, physics)
deuterium unit (sub-atomic physics)
Dg (mass)
dhrystone (informatics)