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In Ukraine the Metric System
(system of physical units based on a unit of length, the meter) is used. The metric system
is the system of weights and measures in a majority of countries and the system used in
scientific work in all countries.
The meter (m), which is approximately 39.37 inches, was originally defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. It was later redefined in terms of the wavelengths of red light from a krypton-86 source. Most recently the meter was defined as the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during 1/299,792,458 of a second. The preferred spelling in the United States is meter. Many other countries use the spelling metre.
Here you can transfer any length in one measure system The Fahrenheit temperature scale, invented by German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, assigns a value of 32° F to the freezing point and 212° F to the boiling point of water. The centigrade, or Celsius scale, invented by Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius, assigns a value of 0° C to the freezing point and 100° C to the boiling point. In science, the absolute or Kelvin scale, invented by British mathematician and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, is most widely used. In this scale, absolute zero is at -273.16° C, which is zero K. A scientific temperature scale based on the Kelvin scale was adopted in 1933. You can convert here any temperature from one temperature scale into another: The kilogram was originally defined as the mass of 1 cubic decimeter of pure water at the temperature of its maximum density, equal to 1,000 grams or 2.2046 pounds. The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, is kept at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (Cedex, France) under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. Now you can convert any weight in one weight measure system into another: |
