-
adoption of the
metric system, and even in the
least metricated countries,
pharmacy is
largely metricated and the apothecaries'
system is deprecated. The unit...
- 1818 and some
industries and
government agencies had
metricated, or were in the
process of
metricating by the mid-1960s. A
formal government policy to support...
-
predominantly in rail
transport and
horse racing, as the
roadways have been
metricated since 1977.
Ireland gradually replaced miles with kilometres, including...
- in
light of the
refusal or
reluctance of much of the
private sector to
metricate; thus
students had been
leaving school unprepared for the
units used in...
- that had not yet been
metricated as
being the
retail petrol trade (
metricated early 1980s),
retail sale of
loose goods (
metricated in 2000) and road signs...
-
posts (sometimes
abbreviated MPs). A "kilometric point" is a term used in
metricated areas,
where distances are
commonly measured in
kilometres instead of...
- places, for example, in many
Commonwealth countries that are
considered metricated, land area is
measured in
acres and
floor space in
square feet, particularly...
-
measurement in
customary units of
yards (even in Canada,
which largely metricated in the 1970s), and a
distinctive brown leather ball in the
shape of a...
-
small gl****ware: A quarter-pint gl**** of beer: 5 imp fl oz (142 ml),
metricated to 140 ml in Australia. A small,
stemmed gl**** of
about one ounce, similar...
-
expression of
length in Canada. Both the UK and
Canada have
partially metricated their units of measurement. The
measurement of
altitude in international...
