EsmieA few inches is still a couple of centimeters.
#MetricVsImperial #MeasurementMatters #InchesToCentimeters #LengthConversion #MathIsFun #ScienceFacts #UnitsOfMeasurement #ConvertIt #MetricSystem #ImperialSystem
Planetary EcologistCentimorgan (Genetics 🧬)
In genetics, a centimorgan or map unit is a unit for measuring genetic linkage. It is defined as the distance between chromosome positions for which the expected average number of intervening chromosomal crossovers in a single generation is 0.01. It is often used to infer distance along a chromosome. However, it is not a true physical distance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan
#Centimorgan #Genetics #DimensionlessUnits #UnitsOfMeasurement
David Grayless#RotationalFrequency, also known as rotational speed or rate of rotation (symbols ν, lowercase Greek nu, and also n), is the frequency of rotation of an object #aroundAnAxis. Its #SIUnit is the #reciprocalSeconds (s−1); other common #unitsOfMeasurement include the #hertz (Hz), #cyclesPerSecond (cps), and #revolutionsPerMinute (rpm). Rotational frequency can be obtained dividing #angularFrequency, ω, by a full #turn (2π #radians): ν=ω/(2π rad).
Jan Martin KeilTiny mistake, huge effect:
Due to a single wrong statement "day subclass of counting unit" (http://www.wikidata.org/entity/statement/Q573-b8a19c53-425d-0009-2c55-decdfeb3ff19), #Wikidata / @wikidata classifies every resource representing a calendar date, like "November 12, 1655" https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q69107205, as unit. As a result, a query for all #UnitsOfMeasurement returns > 210.000 instead of < 7000 resources.
Due to a single wrong statement "day subclass of counting unit" (http://www.wikidata.org/entity/statement/Q573-b8a19c53-425d-0009-2c55-decdfeb3ff19), #Wikidata / @wikidata classifies every resource representing a calendar date, like "November 12, 1655" https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q69107205, as unit. As a result, a query for all #UnitsOfMeasurement returns > 210.000 instead of < 7000 resources.
Michael J. GrattonPicking up work on an old Java project that has it's own half-baked units of measurement API, I was chuffed to discover JSR 363 - Unit of Measurement API. Maybe I don't need to keep maintaining this custom implementation any more?
But looking deeper, it literally only has support for basic maths operations, and you can't even specify basic stuff like significant digits or rounding modes. A `BigDecimal` value of "100.00" gets coerced to an `int`.
What good is an API for strongly typing and converting physical measurements if you can't effectively perform operations on them?
C.New ISO standard unit of mass - or maybe volume - just dropped!
The "floof" is a little large as a base unit, so it's most commonly encountered as microfloofs, like with capacitors measured in microfarads.
It joins the other oddball units commonly encountered in news articles - volume in Olympic swimming pools, length in double-decker buses, mass in elephants, etc.
aww-yawnvery cool units. what would be units of time? and charge/current?
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cup
#SMBC #Physics #Measurement #UnitsOfMeasurement
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cup
#SMBC #Physics #Measurement #UnitsOfMeasurement
Useless Facts, Badly DrawnUseless Facts, Badly Drawn #149: A buttload of wine. Also, Happy New Year!
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#buttload #butt #wine #alcohol #booze #cask #history #unitsofmeasurement #butwhytho #words #ass #bottomsup #trivia #funfact #stupid #strangebuttrue #butwhytho #bizarre #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
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#buttload #butt #wine #alcohol #booze #cask #history #unitsofmeasurement #butwhytho #words #ass #bottomsup #trivia #funfact #stupid #strangebuttrue #butwhytho #bizarre #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Units of Measurement#JSR385 Units of Measurement 2.0 has posted Maintenance Release 2:
https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr385/index2.html #JCP #JSRUpdates #JSR385 #UnitsofMeasurement #Java
https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr385/index2.html #JCP #JSRUpdates #JSR385 #UnitsofMeasurement #Java
PSiReN-X 
I will #AlsoAlsoAdd...
#TheFormerUnitedKingdom has its own #System of #Measurements including (but not limited to):
• #DoubleDeckerBuses (Height)
• #OlympicSwimmingPools / #FootballPitches (Length)
• #Wales / #Belgium (Geographic Landmass / Area)
• #Heffalumps (Weight)
These are #NonStandard #UnitsOfMeasurement; we can #BlameBrexit if you #Like...
#IT won't #AffectTheOutcome...
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PSiReN-X (@[email protected])
Attached: 2 images @selzero I will #AlsoAlsoAdd... #TheFormerUnitedKingdom has its own #System of #Measurements including (but not limited to): • #DoubleDeckerBuses (Height) • #OlympicSwimmingPools / #FootballPitches (Length) • #Wales / #Belgium (Geographic Landmass / Area) • #Heffalumps (Weight) These are #NonStandard #UnitsOfMeasurement; we can #BlameBrexit if you #Like... #IT won't #AffectTheOutcome... 🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕️🍪🍫🦄🍫🍪☕