Measures and Units


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.
On this page: B to bougie decimale.

Title Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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B (physics, informatics, music)
b.c.f. (volume)
b.i.d. (abbreviation)
Balling (liquor and food processing)
barad (pressure)
barn (sub-atomic physics)
baromil (mechanics)
barrie (city, Canada)
base box (metallurgy)
base unit (military)
basis weight (graphic arts)
baud (measure)
Baumé (liquor and food processing)
Beaufort scale (measure)
becquerel (measurement of radioactivity)