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 | | TABLES OF METRIC UNITS OF In the metric system of measurement, designations of multiples and sub-divisions of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo meaning, respectively, 10, 100, and 1000, and deci, centi, and milli, meaning, respectively, one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth. |
 | | TABLES OF U.S. In these tables where foot or mile is underlined, it is survey foot or U.S. statute mile rather than international foot or mile that is meant. |
 | | The tables of British linear measure, troy mass, and apothecaries mass are the same as the corresponding United States tables, except for the British spelling "drachm" in the table of apothecaries mass. |
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