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پوند
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unit of mass in imperial, US customary, and avoirdupois systems of units
A pound is a unit of measurement used to describe how heavy something is, primarily in countries like the United States and other places that use imperial or customary measurement systems. It matters because it's the standard way people in these regions weigh everyday objects, from groceries to body weight, making it essential for commerce, cooking, and daily communication.
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- imperial system of units
- Named after
- libra
- Image
- Balance ordinaire.jpg
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- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Unicode character
- ℔
- Commons category
- Pound (mass)
- conversion to SI unit
- 0.45359237
- measured physical quantity
- mass
- conversion to standard unit
- 7000
- unit symbol
- رطل
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent
- wd:Q100995 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C48531
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