traditional unit
Historical measurement standard
A traditional unit is a unit of measurement that developed through historical custom rather than scientific standardization—feet, miles, pounds, gallons, and the like.
The term usually distinguishes these from metric units: The recipe gives measurements in traditional units.
Traditional units vary by country and context; what's traditional in the US differs from the UK.
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- inchTwelfth of a foot
- footLeg's lowest part
- square footUnit measuring flat space
- cubic inchUnit measuring three-dimensional space
pound · ounce · troy weight · bushel · acre · land survey · gallon · pint · fluid ounce · cubit · hand span · fathom · league · nautical mile · stone · furlong · rod · gill
traditional unitscientific measurement
Quantified experimental observation
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