Metric Today is the newsletter of the U.S. Metric Association. It features the latest developments in US metrication efforts. In the spirit of international standardization, it is dimensioned to the A4 paper size.
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Metric (band) — Metric James Shaw, Joules Scott Key and Emily Haines, live in 2010 Background information Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada … Wikipedia
Metric expansion of space — Physical cosmology Universe · Big Bang … Wikipedia
Metric tensor — In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor is a type of function defined on a manifold (such as a surface in space) which takes as input a pair of tangent vectors v and w and produces a real number (scalar) g(v,w) in a… … Wikipedia
Metric foot — For the poetical term, see foot (prosody). A metric foot is a nickname occasionally used in the United Kingdom for a length of 300 millimetres (30 cm). A metric foot can be divided into twelve metric inches of 25 millimetres (2.5 cm)… … Wikipedia
U.S. Metric Association — The U.S. Metric Association (USMA), based in Northridge, California, is a non profit organization that advocates for total conversion to the SI (metric) system in the United States (metrication).Founded in 1916, it publishes a monthly pamphlet… … Wikipedia
Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric — The Friedmann Lemaître Robertson Walker (FLRW) metric is an exact solution of Einstein s field equations of general relativity; it describes a simply connected, homogeneous, isotropic expanding or contracting universe. Depending on geographical… … Wikipedia
Cooking weights and measures — Metric measuring spoons … Wikipedia
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
Big Bang — This article is about the cosmological model. For the sitcom, see The Big Bang Theory. For other uses, see Big Bang (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Dutch units of measurement — Relief on the gable of De Waag at the Markt in Gouda The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and… … Wikipedia
