In cooking the old unit Liter (l) is commonly used to measure volume. One liter is (exactly) equal to 0.001 cubic meters, or 1 cubic decimeter, written like: 1 l = 1 dm 3. The prefix modifiers can be used with any unit and thus 1 cl (centiliter) is equal to 1/100 of a liter. The unit for volume is derived from the unit for
Angstrom (Å), unit of length, equal to 10−10 metre, or 0.1 nanometre. It is used chiefly in measuring wavelengths of light. (Visible light stretches from 4000 to 7000 Å.) It is named for the 19th-century Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström. The angstrom is also used to measure such quantities According to the liquid measurements chart, the liquid is to be measured with a clear glass or plastic cup that has a pouring spout. Steel spoons are used wherever the spoons are mentioned in the said chart. The calibrated measuring cups made up of ¼ cup, ⅓ cup, ½ cup, and 1 cup sizes are available. The spoons used for daily measurementsA meter is about 3 inches longer than a yard (Figure 1.6.1 1.6. 1 ); one meter is about 39.37 inches or 1.094 yards. Longer distances are often reported in kilometers (1 km = 1000 m = 10 3 m), whereas shorter distances can be reported in centimeters (1 cm = 0.01 m = 10 −2 m) or millimeters (1 mm = 0.001 m = 10 −3 m).
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