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"A unit of measurement is a standardized quantity of a physical quality." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the distance between two points." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
length unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the amount of matter/energy of a physical object." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
mass unit
time derived unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the dimension in which events occur in sequence." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
time unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the flow of electric charge." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
electric current unit
temperature derived unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
temperature unit
"A unit which is a standardised quantity of an element or compound with uniform composition." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
substance unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
luminous intensity unit
"A unit which is one of a particular measure to which all measures of that type can be related." [NIST:NIST]
base unit
prefix
"A unit which is a standard measure of the amount of a 2-dimensional flat surface." [UOC:GVG]
area unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the rate of change of velocity in either speed or direction." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
acceleration unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the rate of angular movement about an axis; the angle rotated in a given time." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
angular velocity unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the rate of change of angular velocity." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
angular acceleration unit
"A unit which represents a standard measurement of how much of a given substance there is mixed with another substance." [UOC:GVG]
concentration unit
mass per unit volume
"A density unit which is a standard measure of the mass of a substance in a given volume." [UOC:GVG]
mass density unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the luminous intensity impinging on a given area." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
luminance unit
mass per unit area unit
"A density unit which is a standard measure of the mass exerting an influence on a given area." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
area density unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the mass of a homogeneous substance containing 6.02 x 1023 atoms or molecules." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
molar mass unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the volume of a homogeneous substance containing 6.02 x 1023 atoms or molecules." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
molar volume unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the quantity of motion measured by the product of mass and velocity." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
momentum unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the number of rotations in a given time." [NIST:NIST]
rotational frequency unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the volume of a given mass of substance (the reciprocal of density)." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
specific volume unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the rate of movement. Speed is measured in the same physical units of measurement as velocity, but does not contain the element of direction that velocity has. Speed is thus the magnitude component of velocity." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
speed/velocity unit
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the number of moles of a given substance per liter of solution." [UOC:GVG]
unit of molarity
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the number of moles of a given substance per kilogram of solvent." [UOC:GVG]
unit of molality
"A unit of concentration which highlights the chemical nature of salts." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
unit of normality
"A unit which is a standard measure of the amount of space occupied by any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gas." [NIST:NIST]
volume unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the number of repetitive actions in a particular time." [NIST:NIST]
frequency unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the force is applied when a mass is accelerated." [NIST:NIST]
force unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the force applied to a given area." [NIST:NIST]
pressure unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the work done by a certain force (gravitational, electric, magnetic, force of inertia, etc)." [NIST:NIST]
energy unit
"A unit which is a standard measure power or the rate of doing work." [NIST:NIST]
power unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the luminous flux incident on a unit area." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
illuminance unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the flow of radiant energy." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
luminous flux unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the amount of the action of a catalyst." [NIST:NIST]
catalytic activity unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
angle unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the angle formed by two straight lines in the same plane." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
plane angle unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the angle formed by three or more planes intersecting at a common point." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
solid angle unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the amount of radiation emitted by a given radiation source as well as the amount of radiation absorbed or deposited in a specific material by a radiation source." [OCRBS:OCRBS]
radiation unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the transformation (disintegration) rate of a radioactive substance." [DEFRA:DEFRA]
activity (of a radionuclide) unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the energy imparted by ionizing radiation to unit mass of matter such as tissue." [DEFRA:DEFRA]
absorbed dose unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the expression of dose in terms of its biological effect." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
dose equivalent unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the quantity that expresses the ability of radiation to ionize air and thereby create electric charges which can be collected and measured." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
exposure unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the power of electromagnetic radiation at a surface, per unit area." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
irradiance unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the intensity of light." [NIST:NIST]
light unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
radiant intensity unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the power of electromagnetic radiation through space or through a material medium in the form of electromagnetic waves." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
radiance unit
"A dimensionless concentration notation which describes the amount of one substance in another. It is the ratio of the amount of the substance of interest to the amount of that substance plus the amount of the substance." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
parts per notation unit
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the number of units, as an agreed arbitrary amount, of a given substance per a specific volume of solution." [Webmd:Webmd]
unit per volume unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the influence exerted by some mass." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
density unit
"A density unit which is a standard measure of the mass exerting an influence on a one-dimensional object." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
linear density unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of physical quantity consisting of only a numerical number without any units." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
dimensionless unit
%
"A dimensionless ratio unit which denotes numbers as fractions of 100." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
percent
count
"A dimensionless unit which denotes a simple count of things." [MGED:MGED]
count unit
"A dimensionless unit which denotes an amount or magnitude of one quantity relative to another." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
ratio unit
"A dimensionless ratio unit which relates the part (the numerator) to the whole (the denominator)." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
fraction
"A concentration unit which denotes the average cell number in a given volume." [Bioedonline:Bioedonline]
cell concentration unit
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the amount of the action of a catalyst in a given volume." [UOC:GVG]
catalytic (activity) concentration unit
"A dimensionless concentration unit which denotes the given volume of the solute in the total volume of the resulting solution." [NIST:NIST]
volume per unit volume
"A concentration unit which a measure of viable bacterial numbers in a given volume." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
colony forming unit per volume
"A concentration unit which a measure of plaque forming units in a given volume." [UOC:GVG]
plaque forming unit per volume
"A unit which is a standard measure of the work done per unit charge as a charge is moved between two points in an electric field." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
electric potential difference unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons." [WordNet:WordNet]
electric charge
"A unit which is a standard measure of quantity of magnetism, taking account of the strength and the extent of a magnetic field." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
magnetic flux unit
B
"A unit which is a standard measure of the strength of a magnetic field." [allnet:allnet]
magnetic flux density unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the amount of information." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
information unit
"An information unit which is a standard measure of the detail an image holds." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
image resolution unit
"An image resolution unit which is a standard measure of the way luminance and chrominance may be sampled at different levels." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
spatial resolution unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the ability of a liguid to attraction of molecules at its surface as a result of unbalanced molecular cohesive forces." [NIST:NIST]
surface tension unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the internal resistance of fluids to flow." [UOC:GVG]
viscosity unit
"A unit which represents a standard measurement of the transmission of an entity through a medium." [UOC:GVG]
conduction unit
"A unit which represents a standard measurement of the movement of electrically charged particles through a transmission medium (electrical conductor)." [UOC:GVG]
electrical conduction unit
"A unit which represents a standard measurement of the spontaneous transfer of thermal energy through matter, from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
heat conduction unit
E-field strength
"The electric field strength is a unit which is a measure of the potential difference between two points some distance apart." [Wikipedia:http\://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field]
electric field strength unit
"A unit which is a standard measure of the volume of fluid which passes through a given surface per unit time ." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
volumetric flow rate unit
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the amount of a substance in a given container." [UOC:GVG]
amount per container
"A unit which is equal to one microgram per disk, where a disk is some physical surface/container upon which the substance is deposited." [UOC:MD]
ug/disk
"A unit which is equal to one nanomole per disk, where a disk is some physical surface/container upon which the substance is deposited." [UOC:MD]
nmole/disk
"A unit which represents a standard measurement occurrence of a process per unit time." [UOC:GVG]
rate unit
10^[24]
Y
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten to the power of 24." [UO:GVG]
yotta
10^[2]
h
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundred." [UO:GVG]
hecto
10^[21]
Z
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten to the power of 21." [UO:GVG]
zetta
10^[18]
E
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten to the power of 18." [UO:GVG]
exa
10^[15]
P
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten to the power of 15." [UO:GVG]
peta
T
10^[12]
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten to the power of 12." [UO:GVG]
tera
10^[9]
G
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten to the power of 9." [UO:GVG]
giga
10^[6]
M
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of million." [UO:GVG]
mega
10^[3]
k
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousand." [UO:GVG]
kilo
10^[1]
da
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of ten." [UO:GVG]
deca
10^[-1]
d
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one tenth." [UO:GVG]
deci
10^[-3]
m
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one thousand." [UO:GVG]
milli
10^[-2]
c
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundred." [UO:GVG]
centi
10^[-6]
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -6." [UO:GVG]
micro
10^[-9]
n
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -9." [UO:GVG]
nano
10^[-12]
n
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -12." [GVG:UO]
pico
10^[-15]
f
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -15." [UO:GVG]
femto
a
10^[-18]
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -18." [UO:GVG]
atto
z
10^[-21]
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -21." [UO:GVG]
zepto
y
10^[-24]
"A prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10 to the power of -24." [UO:GVG]
yocto
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the amount of a toxic or pharmaceutical substance administered to a recipient subject, expressed in terms of the size of the subject." [UO:PC]
dose unit
"A unit used to indicate the clarity of water or other solutions or suspensions, as measured by the ability of the solution or suspension to scatter light of a defined wavelength range." [UO:PC]
turbidity unit
cells per microlitre
cells per ul
"A unit of cell concentration which is equal to one cell in a volume of 1 microliter." [UO:GVG]
cells per microliter
"A unit of cell concentration which is equal to 1 cell in a well or discrete container of arbitrary volume." [UO:PC]
cells per well
FNU
"1000 formazin turbidity units (FNU) on the empirical formazin turbidity scale represents reflectance of insol. reaction products of 0.0725 g hydrazine sulfate with 0.7250 g hexamethylenetetramine diluted to 1 L." [AOAC:192]
formazin nephelometric unit
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the amount of radioactivity in a given volume." [UO:GVG]
radioactivity concentration
curie per litre
"A unit of radioactivity concentration which is equal to one curie in a volume of 1 liter." [UO:GVG]
curie per liter
microcurie per millilitre
"A unit of radioactivity concentration which is equal to one micro curie in a volume of 1 liter." [UO:GVG]
microcurie per milliliter
"A unit that is the ratio of concentration of two solutions of interest, typically with one solution derived from the other by the addition of solvent." [UO:PC]
fold dilution
"An area density unit which is equal to the mass of an object in tons divided by the surface area in hectares." [UO:GVG]
ton per hectare
A^[2]
"An area unit which is equal to an area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 angstrom long." [UOC:GVG]
square angstrom
kbp
kilobasepair
"A unit equal to one thousand base pairs." [UOC:GVG]
kilo base pair
GB
"An information unit which is equal to 1000000000 bytes." [UO:GVG]
gigabyte
TB
"An information unit which is equal to 1000 gigabytes." [UO:GVG]
terabyte
"A dimensionless ratio unit which, given a pair of quantities a and b, for which b is a multiple of a, denotes b by giving the multiplier (coefficient) c for a to result in b." [UOB:LKSR]
ratio
Vs/cm^2
volt-second per square centimetre
"An electrical mobility unit which is equal to one volt second per square centimeter." [UOB:LKSR]
volt-second per square centimeter
us customary teaspoon
"A United States customary units teaspoon is a unit of measurement of volume widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions in America. It equals a 4.93 mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units#Cooking_measures]
united states customary teaspoon
metric tablespoon
tbsp
"A metric tablespoon is a unit of measurement of volume widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. It equals a 15mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon]
tablespoon
"An Australian metric tablespoon is a unit of measurement of volume used in Australia for cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. It equals a 20mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon]
australian metric tablespoon
us customary tablespoon
"A United States customary units tablespoon is a unit of measurement of volume widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions in America. It equals a 14.79 mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units#Cooking_measures]
united states customary tablespoon
C
"A metric cup is a unit of measurement of volume widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. It equals a 250mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_weights_and_measures]
metric cup
us customary cup
"A United States customary units cup is a unit of measurement of volume widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions in America. It equals a 236.59 mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units#Cooking_measures]
united states customary cup
us fda cup
"A United States FDA cup is a unit of measurement of volume used by the US Federal Department of Agriculture as a nutritional serving measure. It equals a 240 mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units#Cooking_measures]
united states fda cup
lbf/in^[2]
psi
"A pressure unit which is equal to 6894.757 pascal." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pounds per square inch
pg/mL
A gram per milliliter unit which is equal to one picogram per one milliliter.
picogram per milliliter
mcg/mcL
ug/uL
µg/µL
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in nanograms divided by the volume in microliters." [UOB:LTS]
microgram per microliter
A count unit that denotes a count of cells.
cell count
BPM
A rate unit which represents a measurement of the number of an organism's heartbeats per one minute.
heartbeats per minute
MOI
A ratio unit which denotes the quantity of infectious agents to infection targets.
multiplicity of infection
br/min
brpm
A rate unit which represents a measurement of the number of breaths taken by an organism per one minute.
breaths per minute
Ct
A count unit of how many Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) cycles it took to detect a real signal from a sample. Equivalent to the PCR cycle number at which a sample's reaction curve intersects the threshold line.
PCR quantification cycle
A concentration unit which denotes the minimum amount of a substance in a solution that still yields a positive reading, as determined by serial dilution.
titer
meter based unit
second based unit
ampere based unit
kelvin based unit
mole based unit
candela based unit
angstrom based unit
gram based unit
degree Celsius based unit
minute based unit
hour based unit
day based unit
week based unit
month based unit
year based unit
molar based unit
molal based unit
normal based unit
mole fraction based unit
meter per second per second based unit
radian per second per second based unit
radian per second based unit
square meter based unit
square centimeter based unit
square millimeter based unit
gram per cubic centimeter based unit
candela per square meter based unit
gram per mole based unit
cubic meter per mole based unit
cubic centimeter per mole based unit
turns per second based unit
cubic meter per kilogram based unit
meter per second based unit
cubic meter based unit
cubic centimeter based unit
liter based unit
cubic decimeter based unit
hertz based unit
newton based unit
pascal based unit
joule based unit
watt based unit
lux based unit
lumen based unit
katal based unit
radian based unit
steradian based unit
becquerel based unit
curie based unit
gray based unit
rad based unit
roentgen based unit
sievert based unit
Roentgen equivalent man based unit
disintegrations per minute based unit
counts per minute based unit
century based unit
half life based unit
foot candle based unit
watt per square meter based unit
einstein per square meter per second based unit
watt per steradian per square meter based unit
watt per steradian based unit
mass percentage based unit
mass volume percentage based unit
volume percentage based unit
parts per hundred based unit
parts per thousand based unit
parts per million based unit
parts per billion based unit
parts per trillion based unit
parts per quadrillion based unit
gram per milliliter based unit
gram per liter based unit
unit per milliliter based unit
unit per liter based unit
mass per unit volume based unit
enzyme unit based unit
degree based unit
pi based unit
molecule count based unit
purity percentage based unit
confluence percentage based unit
degree Fahrenheit based unit
pH based unit
liter per kilogram based unit
cells per milliliter based unit
katal per cubic meter based unit
katal per liter based unit
gram per deciliter based unit
colony forming unit based unit
plaque forming unit based unit
colony forming unit per milliliter based unit
plaque forming unit per milliliter based unit
disintegrations per second based unit
volt based unit
coulomb based unit
dalton based unit
watt-hour based unit
weber based unit
tesla based unit
volt-hour based unit
bit based unit
byte based unit
chroma sampling unit based unit
dynamic range unit based unit
dots per inch based unit
pixels per inch based unit
pixels per millimeter based unit
base pair based unit
kibibyte based unit
mebibyte based unit
newton per meter based unit
dyne per cm based unit
pascal second based unit
poise based unit
effective dose unit based unit
siemens based unit
watt per meter kelvin based unit
electronvolt based unit
volt per meter based unit
absorbance unit based unit
count per nanomolar second based unit
count per molar second based unit
count per nanomolar based unit
count per molar based unit
dosage unit based unit
relative light unit based unit
relative luminescence unit based unit
relative fluorescence unit based unit
square micrometer based unit
hectare based unit
inch based unit
thou based unit
foot based unit
yard based unit
chain based unit
furlong based unit
mile based unit
league based unit
maritime length unit based unit
fathom based unit
cable based unit
nautical mile based unit
perch based unit
rood based unit
acre based unit
fluid ounce based unit
gill based unit
pint based unit
quart based unit
gallon based unit
grain based unit
drachm based unit
ounce based unit
pound based unit
stone based unit
quarter based unit
hundredweight based unit
ton based unit
slug based unit
teaspoon based unit
gram per square meter based unit
large calorie based unit
gray per minute based unit
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m
metre
"A length unit which is equal to the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
meter
kg
"A mass unit which is equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram kept by the BIPM at Svres, France." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
kilogram
s
"A time unit which is equal to the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
second
A
"An electric current unit which is equal to the constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 m apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10^[-7] newton per meter of length." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
ampere
K
"A thermodynamic temperature unit which is equal to the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
kelvin
mol
"A substance unit which is equal to the amount of substance of a molecular system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
mole
cd
"A luminous intensity unit which equal to the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 x 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian." [BIPM:BIPM, NIST:NIST]
candela
centimetre
cm
"A length unit which is equal to one hundredth of a meter or 10^[-2] m." [NIST:NIST]
centimeter
millimetre
mm
"A length unit which is equal to one thousandth of a meter or 10^[-3] m." [NIST:NIST]
millimeter
micrometre
micron
um
"A length unit which is equal to one millionth of a meter or 10^[-6] m." [NIST:NIST]
micrometer
nanometre
nm
"A length unit which is equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a meter or 10^[-9] m." [NIST:NIST]
nanometer
Å
"A length unit which is equal to 10 [-10] m." [NIST:NIST]
angstrom
picometre
pm
"A length unit which is equal to 10^[-12] m." [NIST:NIST]
picometer
g
"A mass unit which is equal to one thousandth of a kilogram or 10^[-3] kg." [NIST:NIST]
gram
mg
"A mass unit which is equal to one thousandth of a gram or 10^[-3] g." [UOC:GVG]
milligram
ug
"A mass unit which is equal to one millionth of a gram or 10^[-6] g." [UOC:GVG]
microgram
ng
"A mass unit which is equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a gram or 10^[-9] g." [UOC:GVG]
nanogram
pg
"A mass unit which is equal to 10^[-12] g." [UOC:GVG]
picogram
fg
"A mass unit which is equal to 10^[-15] g." [NIST:NIST]
femtogram
C
"A temperature unit which is equal to one kelvin degree. However, they have their zeros at different points. The centigrade scale has its zero at 273.15 K." [NIST:NIST]
degree Celsius
ms
"A time unit which is equal to one thousandth of a second or 10^[-3] s." [NIST:NIST]
millisecond
us
"A time unit which is equal to one millionth of a second or 10^[-6] s." [NIST:NIST]
microsecond
ps
"A time unit which is equal to 10^[-12] s." [NIST:NIST]
picosecond
min
"A time unit which is equal to 60 seconds." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
minute
h
"A time unit which is equal to 3600 seconds or 60 minutes." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
hour
"A time unit which is equal to 24 hours." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
day
"A time unit which is equal to 7 days." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
week
"A time unit which is approximately equal to the length of time of one of cycle of the moon's phases which in science is taken to be equal to 30 days." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
month
"A time unit which is equal to 12 months which in science is taken to be equal to 365.25 days." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
year
mA
"An electric current unit current which is equal to one thousandth of an ampere or 10^[-3] A." [UOC:GVG]
milliampere
uA
"An electric current unit current which is equal to one millionth of an ampere or 10^[-6] A." [UOC:GVG]
microampere
umol
"A substance unit equal to a millionth of a mol or 10^[-6] mol." [NIST:NIST]
micromole
mmol
"A substance unit equal to a thousandth of a mol or 10^[-3] mol." [NIST:NIST]
millimole
nmol
"A substance unit equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a mole or 10^[-9] mol." [NIST:NIST]
nanomole
pmol
"A substance unit equal to 10^[-12] mol." [NIST:NIST]
picomole
fmol
"A substance unit equal to 10^[-15] mol." [NIST:NIST]
femtomole
amol
"A substance unit equal to 10^[-18] mol." [NIST:NIST]
attomole
M
"A unit of concentration which expresses a concentration of 1 mole of solute per liter of solution (mol/L)." [UOC:GVG]
molar
mM
"A unit of molarity which is equal to one thousandth of a molar or 10^[-3] M." [UOC:GVG]
millimolar
uM
"A unit of molarity which is equal to one millionth of a molar or 10^[-6] M." [UOC:GVG]
micromolar
nM
"A unit of molarity which is equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a molar or 10^[-9] M." [UOC:GVG]
nanomolar
pM
"A unit of molarity which is equal to 10^[-12] M." [UOC:GVG]
picomolar
m
"A unit of concentration which expresses a concentration of a solution of 1 mole per kilogram of solvent (mol/kg)." [UOC:GVG]
molal
mm
"A molality unit which is equal to one thousandth of a molal or 10^[-3] m." [UOC:GVG]
millimolal
um
"A molality unit which is equal to one millionth of a molal or 10^[-6] m." [UOC:GVG]
micromolal
nm
"A molality unit which is equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a molal or 10^[-9] m." [UOC:GVG]
nanomolal
pm
"A molality unit which is equal to 10^[-12] m." [UOC:GVG]
picomolal
fM
"A unit of molarity which is equal to 10^[-15] M." [UOC:GVG]
femtomolar
N
"A unit of concentration which is one gram equivalent of a solute per liter of solution. A gram equivalent weight or equivalent is a measure of the reactive capacity of a given molecule." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
normal
(x)
chi
"A concentration unit which denotes the number of moles of solute as a proportion of the total number of moles in a solution." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
mole fraction
m/s^[2]
metre per second per second
"An acceleration unit which is equal to the acceleration an object changing its velocity by 1meter/s over a time period that equals one second." [NIST:NIST]
meter per second per second
alpha
rad/s^[2]
"An angular unit acceleration which is equal to the angular acceleration of an object changing its angular velocity by 1rad/s over a time period that equals one second." [NIST:NIST]
radian per second per second
rad/s
"An angular unit velocity which is equal to about 9.54930 rpm (revolutions per minute)." [NIST:NIST]
radian per second
m^[2]
square metre
"An area unit which is equal to an area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 meter long." [NIST:NIST]
square meter
cm^[2]
square centimetre
"An area unit which is equal to one ten thousandth of a square meter or 10^[-4] m^[2]." [NIST:NIST]
square centimeter
mm^[2]
square millimetre
"An area unit which is equal to one millionth of a square meter or 10^[-6] m^[2]." [NIST:NIST]
square millimeter
kg/m^[3]
kilogram per cubic metre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in kilograms divided by the volume in cubic meters." [UOC:GVG]
kilogram per cubic meter
g/cm^[3]
gram per cubic centimetre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in grams divided by the volume in cubic centimeters." [UOC:GVG]
gram per cubic centimeter
candela per square metre
cd/m^[2]
"A luminance unit which is equal to a luminous intensity of one candela radiating from a surface whose area is one square meter." [NIST:NIST]
candela per square meter
kg/m^[2]
kilogram per square metre
"An area density unit which is equal to the mass of an object in kilograms divided by the surface area in meters squared." [NIST:NIST]
kilogram per square meter
kg/mol
"A molar mass unit which is equal to one kilogram of mass of one mole of chemical element or chemical compound." [NIST:NIST]
kilogram per mole
g/mol
"A molar mass unit which is equal to one gram of mass of one mole of chemical element or chemical compound." [NIST:NIST]
gram per mole
cubic metre per mole
m^[3]/mol
"A molar volume unit which is equal to 1 cubic meter occupied by one mole of a substance in the form of a solid, liquid, or gas." [NIST:NIST]
cubic meter per mole
cm^[3]/mol
cubic centimetre per mole
"A molar volume unit which is equal to 1 cubic centimeter occupied by one mole of a substance in the form of a solid, liquid, or gas." [NIST:NIST]
cubic centimeter per mole
kg.m/s
kilogram metre per second
"A momentum unit which is equal to the momentum of a one kilogram mass object with a speed of one meter per second." [NIST:NIST]
kilogram meter per second
1/s
one turn per second
"A rotational frequency unit which is equal to the number complete turn in a period of time that equals to 1 second." [NIST:NIST]
turns per second
cubic metre per kilogram
m^[3]/kg
"A specific volume unit which is equal to one cubic meter volume occupied by one kilogram of a particular substance." [NIST:NIST]
cubic meter per kilogram
m/s
metre per second
"A speed/velocity unit which is equal to the speed of an object traveling 1 meter distance in one second." [NIST:NIST]
meter per second
cubic metre
m^[3]
"A volume unit which is equal to the volume of a cube with edges one meter in length. One cubic meter equals to 1000 liters." [NIST:NIST]
cubic meter
cc
cm^3
cubic centimetre
"A volume unit which is equal to one millionth of a cubic meter or 10^[-9] m^[3], or to 1 ml." [NIST:NIST]
cubic centimeter
millilitre
ml
"A volume unit which is equal to one thousandth of a liter or 10^[-3] L, or to 1 cubic centimeter." [NIST:NIST]
milliliter
L
l
litre
"A volume unit which is equal to one thousandth of a cubic meter or 10^[-3] m^[3], or to 1 decimeter." [NIST:NIST]
liter
cubic decimetre
dm^[3]
"A volume unit which is equal to one thousand of a cubic meter or 10^[-3] m^[3], or to 1 L." [NIST:NIST]
cubic decimeter
microlitre
ul
"A volume unit which is equal to one millionth of a liter or 10^[-6] L." [NIST:NIST]
microliter
nanolitre
nl
"A volume unit which is equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a liter or 10^[-9] L." [NIST:NIST]
nanoliter
picolitre
pl
"A volume unit which is equal to 10^[-12] L." [NIST:NIST]
picoliter
femtolitre
fl
"A volume unit which is equal to 10^[-15] L." [NIST:NIST]
femtoliter
Hz
s^1
"A frequency unit which is equal to 1 complete cycle of a recurring phenomenon in 1 second." [NIST:NIST]
hertz
N
"A force unit which is equal to the force required to cause an acceleration of 1m/s2 of a mass of 1 Kg in the direction of the force." [NIST:NIST]
newton
Pa
"A pressure unit which is equal to the pressure or stress on a surface caused by a force of 1 newton spread over a surface of 1 m^[2]." [NIST:NIST]
pascal
J
"An energy unit which is equal to the energy required when a force of 1 newton moves an object 1 meter in the direction of the force." [NIST:NIST]
joule
W
"A power unit which is equal to the power used when work is done at the rate of 1 joule per second." [NIST:NIST]
watt
lx
"An illuminance unit which is equal to the illuminance produced by 1 lumen evenly spread over an area 1 m^[2]." [NIST:NIST]
lux
lm
"A luminous flux unit which is equal to the luminous flux emitted into 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela." [NIST:NIST]
lumen
kat
"A catalytic unit activity which is equal to the activity of a catalyst in moles per second, such as the amount of an enzyme needed to transform one mole of substrate per second." [NIST:NIST]
katal
rad
"A plane angle unit which is equal to the angle subtended at the center of a circle by an arc equal in length to the radius of the circle, approximately 57 degrees 17 minutes and 44.6 seconds." [NIST:NIST]
radian
sr
"A solid angle unit which is equal to the solid angle subtended at the center of a sphere by an area on the surface of the sphere that is equal to the radius squared." [NIST:NIST]
steradian
Bq
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second or there is one atom disintegration per second (dps)." [NIST:NIST]
becquerel
Ci
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which there are 3.7 x 10^[10] atom disintegration per second (dps)." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
curie
Gy
"An absorbed dose unit which is equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter." [NIST:NIST]
gray
"An absorbed dose unit which is equal to 0.01 gray (Gy)." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
rad
R
"An exposure unit which is equal to the amount of radiation required to liberate positive and negative charges of one electrostatic unit of charge in 1 cm^[3] of air at standard temperature and pressure (STP). This corresponds to the generation of approximately 2.0810^[9] ion pairs." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
roentgen
Sv
"A dose equivalent unit which is equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter." [NIST:NIST]
sievert
mSv
"A dose equivalent unit which is equal to one thousandth of a sievert or 10^[-3] Sv." [NIST:NIST]
millisievert
uSv
"A dose equivalent unit which is equal to one millionth of a sievert or 10^[-6] Sv." [NIST:NIST]
microsievert
rem
"A dose equivalent unit which when multiplied by hundred is equal to one sievert or 1 Sv. 1 Sv is equal to 100 rem." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
Roentgen equivalent man
uGy
"An absorbed dose unit which is equal to one millionth of a gray or 10^[-6] Gy." [NIST:NIST]
microgray
mGy
"An absorbed dose unit which is equal to one thousandth of a gray or 10^[-3] Gy." [NIST:NIST]
milligray
nGy
"An absorbed dose unit which is equal to one thousandth of a millionth of a gray or 10^[-9] Gy." [NIST:NIST]
nanogray
nSv
"A dose equivalent unit which is equal to one thousandth of a millionth of a sievert or 10^[-9] Sv." [NIST:NIST]
nanosievert
mCi
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to one thousandth of a curie or 10^[-3] Ci." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
millicurie
uCi
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to one millionth of a curie or 10^[-6] Ci." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
microcurie
dpm
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per minute or there is one atom disintegration per minute." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
disintegrations per minute
cpm
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to the number of light emissions produced by ionizing radiation in one minute." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
counts per minute
ns
"A time unit which is equal to one thousandth of one millionth of a second or 10^[-9] s." [NIST:NIST]
nanosecond
"A time unit which is equal to 100 years." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
century
"A time unit which represents the period over which the activity or concentration of a specified chemical or element falls to half its original activity or concentration." [MGED:MGED]
half life
ft-c
"An illuminance unit which is equal to the illuminance produced by 1 lumen evenly spread over an area 1 foot^[2]. One footcandle is equal to 10.76 lux." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
foot candle
W/m^[2]
watt per square metre
"An irradiance unit which is equal to 1 watt of radiant power incident per one square meter surface area." [NIST:NIST]
watt per square meter
einstein per square metre per second
einstein/sm^[2]
mole per second and square meter mol/sm^2
"An irradiance unit which is equal to one einstein per square meter per second. One einstein is one mole of photons, regardless of their frequency. Therefore, the number of photons in an einstein is Avogadro's number." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
einstein per square meter per second
W/sr m^[2]
watt per steradian per square metre
"A radiance unit which is equal to one watt of radiant power incident per steradian solid angle per one square meter projected area of the source, as viewed from the given direction." [NIST:NIST]
watt per steradian per square meter
microeinstein per square metre per second
micromole per second and square meter mmol/sm^2
umicroeinstein/sm^[2]
"An irradiance unit which is equal to one microeinstein per square meter per second or 10^[-6] microeinstein/sm^[2]." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
microeinstein per square meter per second
W/sr
"A radiant intensity unit which is equal to one kilogram meter squared per second cubed per steradian." [NIST:NIST]
watt per steradian
w/w
weight-weight percentage
"A dimensionless concentration unit which denotes the mass of a substance in a mixture as a percentage of the mass of the entire mixture." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
mass percentage
(w/v)
weight-volume percentage
"A dimensionless concentration unit which denotes the mass of the substance in a mixture as a percentage of the volume of the entire mixture." [UOC:GVG]
mass volume percentage
% (v/v)
"A dimensionless concentration unit which denotes the volume of the solute in mL per 100 mL of the resulting solution." [UOC:GVG]
volume percentage
10^[-2]
pph
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the amount of a given substance in a total amount of 100 regardless of the units of measure as long as they are the same." [UOC:GVG]
parts per hundred
10^[-3]
ppth
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the amount of a given substance in a total amount of 1000 regardless of the units of measure as long as they are the same." [UOC:GVG]
parts per thousand
10^[-6]
ppm
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the amount of a given substance in a total amount of 1,000,000 regardless of the units of measure used as long as they are the same or 1 part in 10^[6]." [UOC:GVG]
parts per million
10^[-9]
ppb
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the amount of a given substance in a total amount of 1,000,000,000 regardless of the units of measure as long as they are the same or 1 part in 10^[9]." [UOC:GVG]
parts per billion
10^[-12]
ppt
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the amount of a given substance in a total amount of 1,000,000,000 regardless of the units of measure used as long as they are the same or 1 part in 10^[12]." [UOC:GVG]
parts per trillion
10^[-15]
ppq
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the amount of a given substance in a total amount of 1,000,000,000,000 regardless of the units of measure used as long as they are the same or 1 part in 10^[15]." [UOC:GVG]
parts per quadrillion
g/ml
gram per millilitre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in grams divided by the volume in milliliter." [UOC:GVG]
gram per milliliter
kg/L
kilogram per litre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in kilograms divided by the volume in liters." [UOC:GVG]
kilogram per liter
g/L
gram per litre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in grams divided by the volume in liters." [UOC:GVG]
gram per liter
mg/ml
milligram per millilitre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in milligrams divided by the volume in milliliters." [UOC:GVG]
milligram per milliliter
U/ml
unit per millilitre
"A unit per milliliter unit which is equal to one unit of an agreed arbitrary amount per one milliliter." [Webmd:Webmd]
unit per milliliter
U/l
unit per litre
"A unit per milliliter unit which is equal to one unit of an agreed arbitrary amount per one liter." [UOC:GVG]
unit per liter
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the mass of a substance in a given volume (density)." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
mass per unit volume
U
"A catalytic unit activity which is equal to the amount of the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of 1 micro mole of substrate per minute." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
enzyme unit
kg/m
kilogram per metre
"An area density unit which is equal to the mass of an object in kilograms divided by one meter." [NIST:NIST]
kilogram per meter
"A plane angle unit which is equal to 1/360 of a full rotation or 1.7453310^[-2] rad." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
degree
"A dimensionless unit which denoted an irrational real number, approximately equal to 3.14159 which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter in Euclidean geometry." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pi
"A dimensionless count unit which denotes the number of molecules." [MGED:MGED]
molecule count
"A dimensionless percent unit which denotes the homogeneity of a biomaterial." [MGED:MGED]
purity percentage
"A dimensionless percent unit which denotes the density of an attached or monolayer culture (e.g., cell culture)." [MGED:MGED]
confluence percentage
F
"A temperature unit which is equal to 5/9ths of a kelvin. Negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to negative 40 degrees Celsius." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
degree Fahrenheit
"A dimensionless concentration notation which denotes the acidity of a solution in terms of activity of hydrogen ions (H+)." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pH
l/kg
litre per kilogram
"A specific volume unit which is equal to one liter volume occupied by one kilogram of a particular substance." [NIST:NIST]
liter per kilogram
millilitre per kilogram
ml/kg
"A specific volume unit which is equal to a thousandth of a liter per kilogram or 10^[-3] l/kg." [NIST:NIST]
milliliter per kilogram
microlitre per kilogram
ul/kg
"A specific volume unit which is equal to one millionth of a liter per kilogram or 10^[-6] l/kg." [NIST:NIST]
microliter per kilogram
cells per millilitre
cells per ml
"A unit of cell concentration which is equal to one cell in a volume of 1 milliliter." [Bioedonline:Bioedonline]
cells per milliliter
kat/m^[3]
katal per cubic metre
"A catalytic (activity) concentration unit which is equal to 1 katal activity of a catalyst in a given volume of one cubic meter." [NIST:NIST]
katal per cubic meter
kat/l
katal per litre
"A catalytic (activity) concentration unit which is equal to 1 katal activity of a catalyst in a given volume of one thousandth of a cubic meter." [NIST:NIST]
katal per liter
millilitre per cubic metre
ml/m^[3]
"A volume per unit volume unit which is equal to one millionth of a liter of solute in one cubic meter of solution." [NIST:NIST]
milliliter per cubic meter
millilitre per litre
ml/l
"A volume per unit volume unit which is equal to one millionth of a liter of solute in one liter of solution." [NIST:NIST]
milliliter per liter
g/dl
gram per decilitre
"A mass density unit which is equal to mass of an object in grams divided by the volume in deciliters." [UOC:GVG]
gram per deciliter
decilitre
dl
"A volume unit which is equal to one tenth of a liter or 10^[-1] L." [NIST:NIST]
deciliter
cfu
"A dimensionless count unit which a measure of viable bacterial numbers." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
colony forming unit
pfu
"A dimensionless count unit which a measure of plaque forming units in a given volume." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
plaque forming unit
cfu/ml
colony forming unit per millilitre
"A colony forming unit which a measure of viable bacterial numbers in one milliliter." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
colony forming unit per milliliter
pfu/ml
plaque forming unit per millilitre
"A concentration unit which a measure of plaque forming units in one milliliter." [UOC:GVG]
plaque forming unit per milliliter
dps
"An activity (of a radionuclide) unit which is equal to the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second or there is one atom disintegration per second." [ORCBS:ORCBS]
disintegrations per second
V
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to the work per unit charge. One volt is the potential difference required to move one coulomb of charge between two points in a circuit while using one joule of energy." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
volt
C
"An electrical charge unit which is equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second." [WordNet:WordNet]
coulomb
Da
amu
u
unified atomic mass unit
"An independently to the base SI units defined mass unit which is equal to one twelfth of the mass of an unbound atom of the carbon-12 nuclide, at rest and in its ground state." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
dalton
kDa
"A mass unit which is equal to one thousand daltons." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
kilodalton
Wh
"An energy unit which is equal to the amount of electrical energy equivalent to a one-watt load drawing power for one hour." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
watt-hour
"An energy unit which is equal to 1,000 watt-hours." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
kilowatt-hour
V s
Wb
volt-second
"A magnetic flux unit which is equal to the amount of flux that when linked with a single turn of wire for an interval of one second will induce an electromotive force of one volt." [ScienceLobby:ScienceLobby]
weber
T
Wb/m2
"A magnetic flux density unit which is equal to one weber per square meter." [WordNet:WordNet]
tesla
Vh
"A magnetic flux unit which is equal to 3600 Wb." [UOC:GVG]
volt-hour
kVh
"A magnetic flux unit which is equal to one thousand volt-hours." [UOC:GVG]
kilovolt-hour
"An information unit which refers to a digit in the binary numeral system, which consists of base 2 digits (ie there are only 2 possible values: 0 or 1)." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
bit
B
"An information unit which is equal to 8 bits." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
byte
kB
"An information unit which is equal to 1000 bytes." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
kilobyte
MB
"An information unit which is equal to 1000 kB." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
megabyte
"An image resolution unit which is a standard measure of the amount of spatial detail in an image." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
chroma sampling unit
"An image resolution unit which is a standard measure of the amount of contrast available in a pixel." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
dynamic range unit
dpi
"A spatial resolution unit which is a standard measure of the printing resolution, in particular the number of individual dots of ink a printer or toner can produce within a linear one-inch space." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
dots per inch
micrometer pixel
"A spatial resolution unit which is equal to a pixel size of one micrometer." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
micron pixel
pixel density
ppi
"A spatial resolution unit which is a standard measure of the resolution of a computer display, related to the size of the display in inches and the total number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pixels per inch
pixels per millimetre
"A spatial resolution unit which is a standard measure of the number of pixels in one millimeter length or width of a digital image divided by the physical length or width of a printed image." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pixels per millimeter
basepair
bp
"A count unit which contains one nucleotide." [UO:GVG]
base pair
KiB
"An information unit which is equal to 1024 B." [NIST:NIST]
kibibyte
MiB
"An information unit which is equal to 1024 KiB." [NIST:NIST]
mebibyte
mV
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to one thousandth of a volt or 10^[-3] V." [UOC:GVG]
millivolt
kV
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to one thousand volts or 10^[3] V." [UOC:GVG]
kilovolt
uV
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to one millionth of a volt or 10^[-6] V." [UOC:GVG]
microvolt
nV
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to one billionth of a volt or 10^[-12] V." [UOC:GVG]
nanovolt
pV
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to one trillionth of a volt or 10^[-12] V." [UOC:GVG]
picovolt
MV
"An electric potential difference unit which is equal to one million volts or 10^[6] V." [UOC:GVG]
megavolt
N/m
newton per metre
"A surface tension unit which is equal to one newton per meter." [NIST:NIST]
newton per meter
dyn/cm
"A surface tension unit which is equal to one dyne per centimeter." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
dyne per cm
Pa s
"A viscosity unit which is equal to one pascale per second." [NIST:NIST]
pascal second
P
dyne s/cm^2
"A viscosity unit which is equal to one dyne second per square centimeter." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
poise
dB
"A ratio unit which is an indicator of sound power per unit area." [techtarget:techtarget]
decibel
"A unit which is a standard measure of the estimate of the stochastic effect that a non-uniform radiation dose has on a human." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
effective dose unit
A V^-1
mho
S
"An electrical conduction unit which is equal to A/V." [NIST:NIST]
siemens
W/m K
watt per metre kelvin
"An heat conduction unit which is equal to one watt divided by meter kelvin." [NIST:NIST]
watt per meter kelvin
eV
electron volt
"A non-SI unit of energy (eV) defined as the energy acquired by a single unbound electron when it passes through an electrostatic potential difference of one volt. An electronvolt is equal to 1.602 176 53(14) x 10^-19 J." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
electronvolt
V/m
volt per metre
"The volt per meter is a unit of electric field strength equal to the a potential difference of 1 volt existing between two points that are 1 meter apart." [Wikipedia:http\://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_field]
volt per meter
AU
"A dimensionless logarithmic unit assigned to a measure of absorbance of light through a partially absorbing substance, defined as -log10(I/I_0) where I = transmitted light and I_0 = incident light." [Wikipedia:http\://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorbance]
absorbance unit
microlitres per minute
uL/min
"A volumetric flow rate unit which is equal to one microliter volume through a given surface in one minute." [UOC:GVG]
microliters per minute
millimeters of mercury
mmHg
"A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees centigrade on Earth." [url:en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mmHg]
millimetres of mercury
mg/L
milligram per litre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in milligrams divided by the volume in liters." [UOC:GVG]
milligram per liter
mcg/mL
microgram per millilitre
ug/ml
µg/mL
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in micrograms divided by the volume in millliters." [UOC:GVG]
microgram per milliliter
nanogram per millilitre
ng/ml
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in nanograms divided by the volume in milliliters." [UOC:GVG]
nanogram per milliliter
mU/ml
milliunits per millilitre
"A unit per milliliter unit which is equal to one thousandth of a unit of an agreed arbitrary amount per one milliliter." [UOC:GVG]
milliunits per milliliter
nM^-1 s^-1
"A rate unit which is equal to one over one nanomolar second." [UOC:GVG]
count per nanomolar second
M^-1 s^-1
"A rate unit which is equal to one over one molar second." [UOC:GVG]
count per molar second
"An area density unit which is equal to the mass of an object in kilograms divided by the surface area in hectares." [UO:GVG]
kilogram per hectare
1/nM
nM^-1
"A rate unit which is equal to one over one nanomolar." [UO:GVG]
count per nanomolar
1/M
M^-1
"A rate unit which is equal to one over one molar." [UO:GVG]
count per molar
microgram per litre
ug/L
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in micrograms divided by the volume in liters." [UOC:GVG]
microgram per liter
"A dose unit which is equal to 1 milligram of a toxic or pharmaceutical substance per kilogram body weight of the recipient subject." [UO:PC]
milligram per kilogram
"A dose unit which is equal to 1 milligram of a toxic or pharmaceutical substance per square meter of surface area of the recipient subject." [UO:PC]
milligram per square meter
"A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the amount of a toxic or pharmaceutical substance administered over time to a recipient subject, expressed in terms of the size of the subject." [UO:PC]
dosage unit
"A dosage unit which is equal to 1 milligram per day of a toxic or pharmaceutical substance per kilogram body weight of the recipient subject." [UO:PC]
milligram per kilogram per day
"A derived unit which is a measure of relative light intensity, as typically measured by a luminometer, spectrophotometer, or fluorimeter in biological research applications." [UO:PC]
relative light unit
"A relative light unit which is a measure of relative luminescence intensity." [UO:PC]
relative luminescence unit
"A relative light unit which is a measure of relative fluorescence intensity." [UO:PC]
relative fluorescence unit
mH
megahertz
"A frequency unit which is equal to one million hertz or 10^[6] V." [UOC:GVG]
megaHertz
cM
"A unit used to express distances on a genetic map. In genetic mapping, distances between markers are determined by measuring the rate of meoitic recombination between them, which increases proportionately with the distance separating them. A cM is defined as the length of an interval in which there is a 1% probability of recombination. On the average, 1 cM is roughly equivalent to 1 megabase (Mb) of DNA, although this can vary widely due to hot and cold spots of recombination." [NCBI:http\://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SCIENCE96/Glossary.html]
centiMorgan
cR
"A unit of genetic map distance defined corresponding to an interval in which there is a 1% probability of X-irradiation induced breakage. To be completely specified, the unit must be qualified by the radiation in dosage in rads (e.g. cR8000), because this determines the actual breakage probability." [NCBI:http\://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SCIENCE96/Glossary.html]
centiRay
Mb
megabasepair
"A unit equal to one million base pairs" [UOC:GVG]
mega base pair
Gb
gigabasepair
"A unit equal to one billion base pairs." [UOC:GVG]
giga base pair
square micrometre
"An area unit which is equal to an area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 micrometer long." [NIST:NIST]
square micrometer
mS
"An electrical conduction unit which is equal to one thousandth of a siemen or 10^[-3] siemens." [NIST:NIST]
millisiemens
"A specific concentration unit which is equal to 1 micromole in a given volume of one thousandth of a cubic meter." [NIST:NIST]
micromole per litre
"A specific concentration unit which is equal to 1 micromole of a given substance per kilogram of solvent." [UOB:LKSR]
micromole per kilogram
mm/day
"A speed/velocity unit which is equal to the speed of an object traveling 1 millimeter distance in one day." [UOB:LKSR]
millimeters per day
kilometre per hour
km/h
"A speed/velocity unit which is equal to the speed of an object traveling 1 kilometer distance in one hour." [NIST:NIST]
kilometer per hour
mDa
milli unified atomic mass unit
millidalton
mmu
"A mass unit which is equal to 1/12 the mass of 12C" [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
milli
HA
"An area unit which is equal to an area of 10,000 square meters. Equivalent to 2.471 acres." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
hectare
in
"A length unit which is equal to 0.0254 metres." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
inch
mil
th
"A length unit which is equal to 0.0254 millimetres." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
thou
ft
"A length unit which is equal to 0.3048 metres, or 12 inches." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
foot
yd
"A length unit which is equal to 0.9144 metres, or 3 feet." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
yard
ch
"A length unit which is equal to 20.1168 metres, 66 feet, or 22 yards." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
chain
fur
"A length unit which is equal to 20,116.8 metres, 660 feet, or 10 chains." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
furlong
mi
"A length unit which is equal to 1,609.344 metres, or 8 furlongs." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
mile
lea
"A length unit which is equal to 3 miles, or 4,828.032 metres" [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
league
"A maritime length unit is one used primarily at sea." [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
maritime length unit
ftm
"A maritime length unit which is equal to 6.08 feet, or 1.853184 metres" [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
fathom
"A maritime length unit which is equal to 608 feet, 100 fathoms, or 185.3184 metres" [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
cable
"A maritime length unit which is equal to 6,080 feet, 10 cables, or 1,853.184 metres" [Wikipedia:Wikpiedia]
nautical mile
"An area unit which is equal to an area of 25.292,852,64 square meters, or 1 square rod." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
perch
"An area unit which is equivalent to 1 furlong x 1 rod. This is equal to an area of 1,011.714,1056 square meters, or 40 square rods." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
rood
"An area unit which is equivalent to 1 furlong x 1 chain. This is equal to an area of 4,046.856,4224 square meters, or 43,500 square feet." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
acre
fl oz
"An imperial volume unit which is equivalent to 28.413,0625 millilitres." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
fluid ounce
gi
"An imperial volume unit which is equivalent to 142.065,3125 millilitres." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
gill
pt
"An imperial volume unit which is equivalent to 568.261,25 millilitres." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pint
qt
"An imperial volume unit which is equivalent to 1,136.5225 millilitres, or two pints." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
quart
gal
"An imperial volume unit which is equivalent to 4,546.09 millilitres, or 8 pints." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
gallon
gr
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 64.798,91 milligrams." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
grain
dr
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 1.771,845,195,3125 grams, or 1/256 of 1 pound." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
drachm
oz
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 28.349,523,125 grams, or 1/16 of 1 pound." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
ounce
lb
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 453.592,37 grams." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
pound
st
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 6,350.293,18 grams, or 14 pounds." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
stone
qr
qtr
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 12.700,586,36 kilograms, or 28 pounds." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
quarter
cwt
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 50.802,345,44 kilograms, 112 pounds, or 8 stone." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
hundredweight
t
"An imperial mass unit which is equivalent to 1,016.046,9088 kilograms, or 2,240 pounds." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
ton
"An imperial gravitational unit which is equivalent to a mass that accelerates by 1ft/s² when a force of one pound (lbf) is exerted on it." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
slug
metric teaspoon
tsp
"A metric teaspoon is a unit of measurement of volume widely used in cooking recipes and pharmaceutic prescriptions. It equals a 5mL volume." [Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaspoon]
teaspoon
"DEPRECATED: Duplicate of http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000039. A substance unit which is equal to one millionth of a mole." [UOB:LTS]
micromole
g/m^[2]
gram per square metre
"An area density unit which is equal to the mass of an object in grams divided by the surface area in meters squared." [NIST:NIST]
gram per square meter
nanogram per microlitre
ng/ul
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in nanograms divided by the volume in microliters." [UOB:LTS]
nanogram per microliter
big calorie
cal
calorie
food calorie
kcal
kilocalorie
"A unit of energy widely used in nutrition, equivalent to the amount of heat needed to cause one kilogram of water to rise in temperature by one degree Celsius." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]
large calorie
micrograms per bottle
"A unit of mass concentration defined as the number of micrograms of a substance per 250 ml Wheaton bottle." [UOB:LTS]
micrograms per wheaton bottle
pA
"An electric current unit current which is equal to one trillionth of an ampere or 10^[-12] A." [UOB:LTS]
picoampere
cGy
"An absorbed dose unit which is equal to 0.01 gray (Gy)" [NIST:NIST]
centigray
GeV
"A unit of energy that is equal to one thousand million electronvolts." []
gigaelectronvolt
GeV/nucleon
"Derived unit which is equal to the total kinetic energy of an atomic nucleus in GeV divided by the number of nucleons in the nucleus" []
gigaelectronvolt per nucleon
MeV/nucleon
"Derived unit which is equal to the total kinetic energy of an atomic nucleus in MeV divided by the number of nucleons in the nucleus" []
megaelectronvolt per nucleon
keV/micron
"A derived unit equal to the energy deposited by ionizing radiation per micron of path length in matter" []
kiloelectronvolt per micron
Gy/min
"A derived absorbed dose unit which is equal to one gray absorbed per minute." [NIST:NIST]
gray per minute
cGy/min
"A derived absorbed dose unit which is equal to one centigray absorbed per minute." [NIST:NIST]
centigray per minute
mGy/day
"A derived absorbed dose unit which is equal to one milligray absorbed per minute." [NIST:NIST]
milligray per minute
mGy/min
"A derived absorbed dose unit which is equal to one milligray absorbed per day." [NIST:NIST]
milligray per day
mGy/h
"A derived absorbed dose unit which is equal to one milligray absorbed per hour." [NIST:NIST]
milligray per hour
mGy/s
"A derived absorbed dose unit which is equal to one milligray absorbed per second." [NIST:NIST]
milligray per second
kilometre
km
"A length unit which is equal to one thousand meters." [UOB:LKSR]
kilometer
mg/dl
milligram per decilitre
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in milligrams divided by the volume in deciliters." [UOB:LKSR]
milligram per deciliter
microgram per decilitre
ug/dl
"A mass unit density which is equal to mass of an object in micrograms divided by the volume in deciliters." [UOB:LKSR]
microgram per deciliter
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