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The rate of change of velocity per unit of time.
A unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems.
The base unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI).
A metric unit of pressure, but not part of the International System of Units (SI).
The basic unit of information in computing and digital communications.
A unit of digital information that consists of eight bits.
A unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.26 light years.
The SI unit of pressure.
A unit of force in some systems of measurement.
Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
A unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois forces and units.