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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M (length, electromagnetics, electrics and mechanics, astrophysics, paper and printing)
m.c.f. (petroleum)
m.k.s.A. system (physics)
m.t.c.e. (engineering)
m.t.o.e. (engineering)
mach (number) (rheology)
MacMichael degree (fluid mechanics)
magnetic constant (electromagnetism)
magnetic Reynolds number (plasma physics)
magnitude (in mathematics)
Margoulis number (rheology)
maxwell (magnetic flux)
mb (abbreviation)
mc.d. (radiation physics)
mcg (mass)
mebi- (informatics)
mechanical ohm (mechanics)
mega- (prefix)
megaline (magnetic flux)
mel (technology)
met (past tense of "meet")
Metonic cycle (period of 235 lunar months or about 19 years)
metre (length)
metric slug (mechanics)
metric system (measure, system)