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Noun Concept
Categories: Imperial units, Economic history of England, Customary units of measurement, Articles with short description, 1824 introductions
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British Imperial System  English system  British system  English units  English unit of measurement
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A system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint WordNet 3.0
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A system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments. Wikipedia
English units were the units of measurement used in England up to 1826, which evolved as a combination of the Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems of units. Wikipedia
A measurement system used in the UK and Commonwealth of Nations Wikipedia Disambiguation
Historical units of measurement used in England up to 1824 Wikipedia Disambiguation
IS A
system of weights and measures
system of measurement
unit of measurement
HAS PART
acre
chain
foot
furlong
inch
+8 relations
PART OF
Imperial and US customary measurement systems
Winchester measure
HAS KIND
cup
cubic foot
foot
miles per hour
HAS INSTANCE
acre
barleycorn
cubit
finger
fathom
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REPLACED BY
British Imperial System
REPLACES
British Imperial System
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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British Imperial System, English system, British system
Wikipedia
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English units, imperial units
Wikidata
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English unit of measurement, imperial system of units
Wikipedia Redirections
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Approximate conversion between English and metric units, Approximate conversion between English and SI units, British imperial measurement system, British imperial system, British imperial system of measurement, British imperial system of units, British Imperial System of weights and measures, British imperial system of weights and measures, British Imperial Units, British Imperial units, British imperial units, British unit, British units, Canadian gallon, Canadian units, Canadian units of measurement, Canadian Weights and Measures, Clove (weight), Clove unit, English mass units, English measurement units, English system, English system of units, English unit, English unit systems, English units of measurement, imperial-unit, Imperial (UK) gallon, imperial measure, imperial measurement, imperial measurement system, imperial measurements, Imperial measures, Imperial measuring system, imperial quart, imperial system, Imperial system of units, imperial unit, Imperial units of measurement, Imperial weight, Inferior units, Jack (unit), kenning (unit), List of English Units, Pail (unit), Poppyseed (unit), pottle (unit), Tod (unit)
Wikidata Alias
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BIS, British Imperial, British Imperial system of units, English units, Exchequer Standards of 1825, imperial system, imperial unit, system of imperial units

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