types:
carato
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
peso
a unit used to measure weight
bit
a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states
radiante
the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
steradiante
the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
acro
a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
ettaro
(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters)
granaio
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
byte,
ottetto
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
kilobyte
a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
megabyte
a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
gigabyte
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
terabyte
a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
piede
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
versta
a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
palmo
a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
dollaro
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
torr
a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli
millibar
a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
point
a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
bel
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
decibel
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
fon,
phon
a unit of subjective loudness
grado
a unit of temperature on a specified scale
erg
a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter
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
caloria
unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
chilowattora
a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
chilogrammetro
a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter