That measure—known as a meter and painstakingly ... But American adoption still lagged, even as scientists kept improving the system and applying it to more and more fields of inquiry.

In a decision that could knock Oregon's land-use system for yet another loop ... said the ruling could apply to Measure 37 decisions issued by the state and any county or city.

From 1974 onwards, a welcome change occurred when it became compulsory for UK schools to teach metric units – a measurement system that made sense, based on multiples of 10. The bizarre vocabulary of ...

This is the first expansion of the measurement system since 1991, according to the National Physical Laboratory. "R" and "Q" represent ronna and quetta while "r" and "q" represent ronto and quecto.