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Half measure or half measures may refer to: Half measure, a half bar in music; Half, one of several alcohol measurements "Half Measures", an episode of TV series Breaking Bad; Half Measures, a mixtape by Armand Hammer "Half Measures", a song by Good Riddance from the album Peace in Our Time
2 Chipte = 1 Mapte (about half litre) 2 Mapte = 1 Ser (about one litre) Liquid Volume Measures. These were hour glass shaped measure used for Milk, Ghee, Oils. The bottom was round like an inverted dome, the top was like flared rim. This shape helped in pouring the liquids. 4 Chhataank = 1 Pav 4 Pav = 1 Seer 40 Seer = 1 Maund Length Measure
The term measure word is also sometimes used to refer to numeral classifiers, which are used with count nouns in some languages. For instance, in English no extra word is needed when saying "three people", but in many East Asian languages a numeral classifier is added, just as a measure word is added for uncountable nouns in English. For example:
A measure equal to a half a demiard. There were different sizes based on the commodity measured: poisson de vin (wine), poisson de eau de vie (brandy), or poisson de lait (milk). [11] demiard: 1 ⁄ 4 ~238 ml ~0.5 pint demi in French means "half": in this case, half a chopine, and – coincidentally – also approximately half a US pint [237 ml ...
Pages in category "Hindi words and phrases" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aam Aadmi;
Pahar/pehar/peher is derived from Sanskrit word prahar which is an ancient unit of time in India. The word pahar/peher has the same root as the Hindustani word pehra (meaning "to stand guard") and pehredar (literally "guard/watchman"). [2] It literally means a "watch" (i.e. period of guard-duty).
Translation Ratio Cubic inches (exact) Metric value Imperial U.S. Customary shkalik шка́лик: measure 1 ⁄ 200: 3 + 3 ⁄ 4: 61.5 ml 2.16 fl oz: 2.08 fl oz kosushka косу́шка: shot: charka ча́рка: wine glass 1 ⁄ 100: 7 + 1 ⁄ 2: 123 ml 4.33 fl oz 4.16 fl oz butylka (vodochnaya) буты́лка (во́дочная) bottle ...
The tael is a legal weight measure in Hong Kong, and is still in active use. [2] In Hong Kong, one tael is 37.799364167 g, [ 2 ] and in ordinance 22 of 1884 is 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 oz. avoir. Similar to Hong Kong, in Singapore, one tael is defined as 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 ounce and is approximated as 37.7994 g [ 3 ]