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  2. Persian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The shekel and mina ("profane" or "sacred") were units of both weight and volume. A shekel or mina weight was equal to the weight of that volume of water. The talent was a measure of weight used for large amounts of coinage. Some related units were used in Persia in the 19th century, and are still used in contemporary Iran.

  3. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of obsolete units of measurement, organized by type. These units of measurement are typically no longer used, though some may be in limited use in various regions. For units of measurement that are unusual but not necessarily obsolete, see List of unusual units of measurement .

  4. Saberin Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Unit, has a close relationship with other special forces of the Iranian Armed Forces, specially with the 65th NOHED Brigade, having received training from them regularly since its foundation. The Saberin Unit ranks its commandos according to three levels: [6] Rapid Response (Vakonesh-e Sarie); Special Force (Nirooy-e Vijeh);

  5. Seer (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A standard seer from Almora, India.. A Seer (also sihr) is a traditional unit of mass and volume used in large parts of Asia prior to the middle of the 20th century. It remains in use only in a few countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and parts of India although in Iran it indicates a smaller unit of weight than the one used in India.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The conversion between different SI units for one and the same physical quantity is always through a power of ten. This is why the SI (and metric systems more generally) are called decimal systems of measurement units. [10] The grouping formed by a prefix symbol attached to a unit symbol (e.g. ' km ', ' cm ') constitutes a new inseparable unit ...

  7. Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement originated in the loosely organized city-states of Early Dynastic Sumer. Each city , kingdom and trade guild had its own standards until the formation of the Akkadian Empire when Sargon of Akkad issued a common standard.

  8. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The shed is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −24 barns (100 rm 2 = 10 −52 m 2). The outhouse is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −6 barns (100 am 2 = 10 −34 m 2). The barn (b) is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to one hundred femtometres squared (100 fm 2 = 10 −28 m 2).

  9. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A unit of measurement that applies to money is called a unit of account in economics and unit of measure in accounting. [5] This is normally a currency issued by a country or a fraction thereof; for instance, the US dollar and US cent (1 ⁄ 100 of a dollar), or the euro and euro cent.