Find a familiar object that is about the size of each metric unit you want to learn. Then practice until, each time a metric unit is mentioned, you get a mental image of the familiar object that is about the size of that metric unit. For example, the millimeter is a tiny unit that replaces fractions of inches. Its length is the size of the thickness of a dime. Each time you hear the word, millimeter, think: the thickness of a dime.

We try to provide American unit equivalents when appropriate. However, our products are packaged and sold according to metric units. Typical conversions include:

No. States and local agencies are not required to use metric units. The MUTCD contains both English and metric units so that those who choose to use metric measurements will have them available. There is no single answer to this. As stated at the bottom of page I-1 in the Introduction of the MUTCD: "Figures, tables, and illustrations supplement the text and might constitute a Standard, Guidance, Option, or Support.

The Microgage display has a variety of user selectable options. One of these options is to display readings in millimeter units BACK

From the MotionBased toolbar select "Account", then choose "Preferences". The first tab should show "Units". Select the "Metric" check box and your units will be changed.

Use the up and down Navigation Key to select Metric Units and press Set (Left Soft Key) so that the box next to the option is checked for Metric units and unchecked for English units.

First, go to Tools->Options on the Dive Explorer menu. Select the desired Unit System and Temperature Unit in the Import Units box. This will ensure the proper data conversions upon import from the dive computer software. It will also determine the units for the dive calculations, the depth units on the Dive Profile charts, and the altitude units in the Site window. Second, go to Tools->Form Designer to change the units displayed in the Dive and Trip Summary and Details tabs.

Yes, our software can collect data in English or metric units. You select which units you want for each project.

SubPUMP provides three standard systems: US Oilfield, International Metric, and Canadian Oilfield, which you can select or you can design your own custom units systems to meet your particular needs.

For example, two metrics for baseball players are the batting average and RBI (runs batted in). A metric (albeit not very useful) for comparing computer programmers is the number of lines of code written each day. A metric for students is the grade or grade point average. Similarly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs a metric for comparing fuel efficiency of cars.

A No. They are all in American units. This is a tough issue. Over 80 percent of our sales are to U.S. residents, and the U.S. has been slow to convert to SI units - at least on a consumer level. In the U.S., common sizes for steel tubing and other ordinary building materials are still mostly in inches and feet, but it is slowly changing. In the meantime, we design to common material sizes and use the units that the majority of our customers are familiar with.

Answer: No. However, the HPMS Submittal Software will convert English data to metric units prior to submittal to FHWA. Software users must be careful to specify which unit is being used, and not mix English with metric.

Yes. Weight-By-Date Mobile supports both the US/Imperial and Metric measurement systems. With support for the metric system, you can record your weight in kilograms and body measurements in centimeters. Weight-By-Date Mobile comes with a 30-day, money-back guarantee. If you purchase the software and decide you don't like it, just contact us within 30 days for a full refund. Click here to find out more about our guarantee policy.

Either metric or imperial units can be used to enter data in a borehole log, the units to use is set in the template. The units displayed in a depth or elevation column can be different then the units used for data input, the program will automatically convert the units for display.

Under the "Cities" tab of preferences, make sure that "Enable Global Units" is checked and then select the metric units you want.

Yes. Weight-By-Date Pro supports both the US/Imperial and Metric measurement systems. With support for the metric system, you can record your weight in kilograms, height in meters and centimeters, and body measurements in centimeters. Yes. Weight-By-Date Pro comes with two sample profiles to help you get a feel for the program's many features. One sample profile demonstrates an eight month period of weight loss and a total loss of about 60 pounds.

No. All other products that are issued by the NWS will continue to be in the units (including temperature in Fahrenheit) that everyone is used to.

Before SI, there were older forms of the metric system that used different base units. For example, the CGS system used the centimeter, gram, and second, and included now-obsolete units like the erg and dyne. So, strictly speaking, the term "metric system" is ambiguous, leading to the term "modern metric system" to refer specifically to SI.

You may, of course, say "two and a half meters" - 0.5 is often read aloud as "one half" - but you should always write it as a decimal fraction.

In metric units, this paper's grammage is 75 g/m2 (sometimes seen as "gsm"), meaning, of course, that a sheet 1 square meter in area weighs 75 grams. The non-metric equivalent, 20 lb, is its basis weight or substance, and means that 500 sheets cut to the basis size - for bond paper, 17 by 22 inches - weigh 20 pounds.

There's no official name for the non-metric U.S. system of weights and measures, but the most commonly used terms are: customary system" or "customary units" or "customary weights and measures" (Metric Act, 1866; Mendenhall Order, 1893; NIST SP 345, A Metric America: A Decision Whose Time Has Come, 1971) If it's not obvious from the context, it's wise to distinguish the U.S. system from others: "U.S. customary system.

The performance metric is jAppServer Operations Per Second ("SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS"). This is calculated by adding the metrics of the dealership management application in the dealer domain and the manufacturing application in the manufacturing domain as:SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS = Dealer Transactions/sec + Workorders/sec

While most of the world uses the metric system, the United States is still using what is referred to as the 'U.S. Standard' system for measurement. This causes a lot of frustration when recipes are shared between people from different countries.

A metric is something that can be measured. The topic of metrics is so vast that I wont even begin to talk about it here. Stephen H. Kan's "Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering" is a great book if you want an in-depth view of the subject. This link (by the same author as the book I just mentioned) should get you on your way to understanding software quality metrics:

To import a different DXF file repeat steps 2 to 4. If you need to re-open the TNM run repeat these steps each time you re-open the file.

How can those who are too old to learn a new measurement system expect to keep their jobs? I've always had problems with math, anyway.

So, weigh yourself in kilograms, divide by the square of your height in meters, and the result is your BMI. Either way, the result has units of kg/m?, although BMI values are usually shown without units. For adults, BMI values are interpreted as:

The terms hard conversion and soft conversion refer to approaches you might take when converting an existing dimension from non-metric units to SI. "Hard" doesn't refer to difficulty, but (essentially) whether hardware changes during the metrication process. However, the terms can be confusing and are probably best avoided, because they're not always consistently defined and their meanings can be non-intuitive.