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Area
Actual cubic feet per minute
Acid neutralizing capacity
Atmosphere
Atomic weight
Average
Avoirdupois (also avdp)
Barrel
Billion gallons per day
Brake horsepower
Billion gallons
Brake mean effective pressure
British thermal unit
Centigrade; Celsius
Curie
Centimeter
Centipose
Cycles per second
Centistoke
Color units
Cubic feet per hour
Cubic feet per minute
Cubic feet per second
Cubic yard
Hundredweight
decaliter
Differential pressure
Fahrenheit
Free on board
Feet
Foot-pound
Feet per hour
Feet per minute
Feet per second
Cubic feet
Cubic feet per hour
Cubic feet per minute
Cubic feet per second
Gram; grain
Gallon
Grams per liter
Gigaliter
Grams per cubic meter
Gallons per capita per day
Gallons per day
Grains per gallon
Gallons per hour
Gallons per minute
Gallons per minute per square foot
Gallon per second
Hour
Hectare
Horsepower
Hour (also h)
Inch
Square inch
Cubic inch
Kelvin
Kilogram
Kilometers
Kilopascal
Kilowatt
Kilowatt hour
Liter
Pounds per square foot
Pounds per cubic foot
Statute mile; meter
Millibars
Milligrams
Milligrams per square centimeter
Million gallons per day
Milligrams per gram
Milligrams per liter
Milligrams per cubic meter
Mile
Milliliter
Minimum level
Millimeter
Miles per hour
Most Probable Number
Meters per second
Micrograms per deciliter of (whole) blood
Micrograms per square foot
Micrograms per gram
Micrograms per cubic meter
Newton
Nautical mile
Number
pascal
Lead (the element)
Parts per billion
Parts per million
Parts per trillion
Parts per thousand
Pounds per square inch
Pounds per suare inch absolute
Pounds per square inch gage
Flow
Rankin
Revolutions per minute
Velocity
Watt
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ACFM 
ANC 
Atm. 
at wt 
av. 
avoir. 
bbl 
bgd 
bhp 
bil gal 
BMEP 
Btu 

Ci 
cm
cp 
cps 
cSt 
cu 
cu ft/hr 
cu ft/min 
cu ft/sec 
cu yd 
cwt 
dL 
D/P

f.o.b. 
ft 
ft-lb 
ft/hr 
ft/min 
ft/sec 
ft3 
ft3/hr 
ft3/min 
ft3/sec 

gal 
g/L 
GL 
g/m3 
gpcd
gpd 
gpg 
gph 
gpm 
gpm/ft2 
gps 

ha 
HP;hp 
hr 
in 
in2
in3 

kg 
KM; 
kPa 
kW 
kW-h 
L
lb/ft2 
lb/ft3 

MB 
mg 
mg/cm2 
MGD 
mg/g 
mg/L 
mg/m3 
mi
mL 
ML 
mm 
MPH; mph 
MPN 
MPS 
ug/dL 
ug/ft2 
ug/g 
ug/m3 

NM
No.
Pa 
Pb 
PPB;ppb 
PPM;ppm 
PPT 
PPTH 
PSI;psi 
PSIA;psia 
PSIG;psig 


rpm 
v;V