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1 Translating From One Unit to Another
Units of Measurement: In its simplest definition, ‘a unit of measurement is a quantity used as a standard of measurement. Units of time: second, minute, hour, day, year, light-year, etc. Units of weight: grams, kilogram, milligram, pounds, ton, metric ton, etc. Units of length or distance: centimeter, meter, inches, kilometers, miles, etc. Units of temperature: Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, etc. Different units of measurement are practiced by different countries. For an instance: The Americans use ºF as a unit of temperature, while many other countries in the world read temperature in ºCelsius. Similarly, most parts of the globe use kilogram weight system, the Americas work with pound mass. People belonging to different countries may often feel puzzled working with these units. This is when there arises a need for measurement conversion! Unit Conversion While using calculators, paper and pen proves a time-consuming exercise, working on OnlineConnversions.org will prove to be easy and quick, and also you can interchange the values of units of various systems. OnlineConversions.org is one of the wholly designed online measurement converter sites, enabling its users to convert values of kilograms to pounds, Celsius to Fahrenheit, inches to cm, or GMT to EST, or vice versa. Visit onlineconversions.org to experience the ease of measurement conversion!


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