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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B (physics, informatics, music)
b.c.f. (volume)
b.i.d. (abbreviation)
Balling (liquor and food processing)
barad (pressure)
baromil (mechanics)
barrie (city, Canada)
base box (metallurgy)
base unit (military)
basis weight (graphic arts)
baud (measure)
Baumé (liquor and food processing)
BCE (investment)
Beaufort scale (measure)
becquerel (measurement of radioactivity)