metrication
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the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds
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Chronology and status of conversion by country Countries by date of metrication.
Colours red to green show the pattern of metrication from 1795 to 1998.
In the UK and Ireland, and in some other regions historically accustomed to using British measures, this was traditionally ½lb and 1 lb packs; since metrication, pack sizes have changed to similar metric sizes such as 250g and 500g.
It was standardised in 1649 as 36,000 Swedish feet or 10.687 km.sfn Prior to metrication, the Norwegian mile had been 11.298 km.
Links in the country point to articles about metrication in that country. citation Notes There are three common ways that nations convert from traditional measurement systems to the metric system.
New Zealand main Although New Zealand completed metrication in the 1970s, a study of university students undertaken in 1992 found a continued use of imperial units for birth weight and human height alongside metric units.