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Units of measurement and related words.
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Byron
Mathematics; Measurements
British mathematician who developed a plan for a mechanical computer and it was first computer program ever.
equidistant
Mathematics; Measurements
Equally distant. If three people are all standing in different places 15 feet away from a tree, they are equidistant from the tree.
Vernier
Mathematics; Measurements
French mathematician who invented a measuring scale that is used to make other scales more precise.
height
Mathematics; Measurements
The distance above a level, such as the distance from sea level to the top of a mountain.
gram
Mathematics; Measurements
A unit of mass or weight in the metric system, equal to 1/1000 of a kilogram, is called a gram.
length
Mathematics; Measurements
The distance of a thing measured from one end to the other end is called its length.
International System
Mathematics; Measurements
The formal name for the most modern version of the metric system, used by scientists all over the world.
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