types:
carat
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
poids
a unit used to measure weight
point
the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
bit
a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
balle de set
(tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis
balle de match
(tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis)
degré
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
acre
a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
are
a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
hectare
(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
grange
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
octet
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
mega-octets,
mo
a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
giga-octets,
go
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
tera-octets,
to
a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
unité de mesure de la tension
a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground)
livre
(used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
yard
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
perche
a linear measure of 16.5 feet
verste
a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
doigt
the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
maillon
a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
centimes
a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
atmosphère
a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
millibar
a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
bar
(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
point
a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
ligne
space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
décibel
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
degré
a unit of temperature on a specified scale
joule
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
calorie,
kilocalorie
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food