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  2. Template:Convert/list of units - Wikipedia

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    US spelling: cubic meter one kilolitre 1.0 m 3 (35 cu ft) cubic centimetre: cm3 cm 3: US spelling: cubic centimeter one millilitre 1.0 cm 3 (0.061 cu in) cc cc cubic millimetre: mm3 mm 3: US spelling: cubic millimeter: 1.0 mm 3 (6.1 × 10 −5 cu in) non-SI metric: kilolitre: kl kl US spelling: kiloliter one cubic metre 1.0 kl (35 cu ft) kL kL ...

  3. ANSI/ASME Y14.1 - Wikipedia

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    A size chart illustrating the ANSI sizes. In 1992, the American National Standards Institute adopted ANSI/ASME Y14.1 Decimal Inch Drawing Sheet Size and Format, [1] which defined a regular series of paper sizes based upon the de facto standard 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 11 in "letter" size to which it assigned the designation "ANSI A".

  4. Hand (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the cubit rod in the Museo Egizio of Turin, showing digit, palm, hand and fist lengths. The hand, sometimes also called a handbreadth or handsbreadth, is an anthropic unit, originally based on the breadth of a male human hand, either with or without the thumb, [2] or on the height of a clenched fist.

  5. ISO 668 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 668 – Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings is an ISO international standard which nominally classifies intermodal freight shipping containers, and standardizes their sizes, measurements and weight specifications.

  6. Units of paper quantity - Wikipedia

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    The usual meaning is 25 sheets of the same size and quality: 1 ⁄ 20 of a ream of 500 sheets. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while quires of 24 sheets are often used for handmade or specialised paper of 480-sheet reams. (As an old UK and US measure, in some sources, a quire was originally 24 sheets. [9]) Quires of ...

  7. Octavo - Wikipedia

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    Octavo metrics compared to the folio and quarto. Octavo, a Latin word meaning "in eighth" or "for the eighth time", [1] (abbreviated 8vo, 8º, or In-8) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book.

  8. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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    6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.) A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions. Units of capacity may be used to specify the volume of fluids or bulk goods, for ...

  9. Intermediate bulk container - Wikipedia

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    The most common IBC size 1000L fits on a single pallet of similar dimensions to pallets which hold 4 drums (200L), providing an extra 120L of product in the IBC over drum storage, a 12% increase for the same storage footprint. Additionally, IBCs can be manufactured to a customer's exact requirements in terms of capacity, dimensions, and material.