Metrication Metrication This article lists conversion factors between a number of units of measurement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conversion of units"
Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term often is used to refer specifically to French Revolutionary Time, which divides the day into 10 decimal hours, each decimal hour into 100 decimal minutes and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds, as opposed to the more familiar standard time, which divides the day into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes and each minute into 60 seconds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Decimal time"
EN 13402 is a European standard for labeling clothes sizes. It is based on body dimensions, measured in centimetres. It aims to replace many older national dress-size systems, starting in the year 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "EN 13402"
The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act is a US law that applies to labels on many consumer products. It requires the label to state: ...more on Wikipedia about "Fair Packaging and Labeling Act"
ISO 216 specifies international standard (ISO) paper sizes, used in most countries in the world today. It is the standard which defines the well-known A4 paper size. ...more on Wikipedia about "ISO 216"
A metric engine is an American expression refers to an internal combustion engine, often for automobiles, whose underlying engineering design is based on a metric system of units, particularly SI. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metric engine (American expression)"
The Metric Martyrs are a group of British food sellers and greengrocers who tried to sell their produce in imperial units only i.e. without reference to metric units. Since they oppose the requirement to use metric units, a more accurate term would be Anti-metric martyrs. They were fined for failure to use metric units and other offences. They fought the fines in a two-year court battle (2000-2002) which they ultimately lost. The group has become a symbol of the anti-metrication movement in Britain. The main defendant in the case, Steve Thoburn, died of a heart attack in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metric Martyrs"
A "meterstick" is a rough rule of memorization of a metric unit on everyday life. Certain metersticks are for example: ...more on Wikipedia about "Metric metersticks"
The Metric Pixel Canvas is a pixel based derivative of the ISO 216 standard developed by Dennis Pennekamp to unite pixel based raster graphics with vector graphics on a square root of two based metric canvas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metric Pixel Canvas"
Metric time is the measure of time interval using the metric system, which defines the second as the base unit of time, and multiple and submultiple units formed with metric prefixes, such as kiloseconds and milliseconds. It does not define the time of day, as this is defined by various time scales, which may be based upon the metric definition of the second. Other units of time, the minute, hour, and day, are accepted for use with the modernized metric system, but are not part of it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metric time"
Metric Today is the newsletter of the U.S. Metric Association. It features the latest developments in US metrication efforts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metric Today"
Metrication or metrification is the process of converting from the various other systems of units used throughout the world to the SI metric system. This process began in France in the 1790s and spread over the following two centuries to all but four countries, representing 95% of the world's population. The process was completed in most of the world in the 19th and early 20th centuries, replacing numerous historical weights and measures. The countries of the former British Empire (with the exception of the United States) completed metrication during the second half of the 20th century, with the Republic of Ireland recently completing metrication on January 20 2005. Today only the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar have not officially switched to the metric system (although Liberia and Myanmar use it in practice) and the United Kingdom is currently in the process of conversion. Only France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan have seen significant popular opposition to metrication, the main objections being based on tradition, aesthetics, economical impact and distaste for measures viewed as foreign. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication"
One reason that is sometimes stated for opposing metric units is that non-metric systems of measurement were developed organically from actual use. Thus units share names with physical objects, such as the foot, hand, barrel, cord and are therefore properly suited for normal usage, whereas the metric system is based on easy decimal conversion between various units, not natural usage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication arguments and counter-arguments"
The Metrication Board in the United Kingdom was a non-departmental public body that existed between 1969 and 1980, when it was wound up to reduce government spending. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication Board"
In Australia, the Metric Conversion Board was created in 1970 following the passage of the Metric Conversion Act by the national parliament. The Metric Conversion Board was dissolved in 1981, though the conversion to the metric (SI) system was not completed until 1988. Between 1981 and 1988 the conversion was the responsibility of the National Standards Commission. For additional background, see the report Metrication in Australia by Kevin Joseph Wilks (DITAC - Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce) and History of Measurement in Australia Department of Industry Tourism and Resources, National Measurement Institute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in Australia"
The Liberal federal government of Pierre Trudeau first began implementing metrication in Canada in 1970. By the mid- 1970s, metric product labelling was introduced, and all road signs were metric by 1977. There was some resistance to metrication, especially as the sectors of the economy where the federal Weights and Measures Act required metric to be used grew in number. The metrication of gasoline and diesel fuel sales in 1981 prompted 37 Progressive Conservative Members of Parliament to open a "freedom to measure" gas station in Carleton Place, Ontario, selling gas in both Imperial gallons and litres. The small city of Peterborough, Ontario was a noted hotbed of opposition to metric, having been one of the government's three test centres for the metrication process. Bill Domm, a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Peterborough, was one of the country's most outspoken opponents of metrication. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in Canada"
Metrication or metrification is the process of converting from the various other systems of units used throughout the world to the SI metric system. India's changeover lasted from April 1, 1960, when metric became legal, to April 1, 1962, when all other systems were banned. This process of metrication is called "big-bang" route, which is to simultaneously outlaw the use of pre-metric measurement, metricise and reissue all government publications and laws, and change education systems to metric. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in India"
Ireland completed Metrication in 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in Ireland"
Jamaica completed metrication in the 1970s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in Jamaica"
New Zealand completed metrication in 1980 ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in New Zealand"
Singapore completed metrication. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in Singapore"
South Africa completed Metrication in 1980. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in South Africa"
Metrication is the process of introduction of metric units for measurement. The United Kingdom is currently phasing out the legal status of most non-metric units, with a projected completion date of 2009, although completion was originally projected for 1978 and has been delayed a number of times. Metrication was a precondition of the UK's membership of the EEC (now EU) in 1973, and has been discussed regularly by Parliament since 1818. It has been estimated that 3% of UK industry turnover is lost annually due to costs of maintaining dual measurement systems. However, the costs of complete conversion have been estimated by opponents of change to be as high as £50bn (5% of 2005 GDP). Informal usage of non-metric units remains widespread. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in the UK"
The history and current usage of the metric system in the United States has been rocky and unsteady. In some fields, the metric system has been used in the United States since the early 1800s. The United States has been gradually increasing its use of metric units for many years, but much of the public momentum has been lost since the 1980s, except in schools, science, and manufacturing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in the United States"
Zambia completed metrication. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metrication in Zambia" My www.shortopedia.com and me.
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