Measurement Vocabulary
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| inch | a unit for measuring length; can be written as the abbreviation in
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| foot | measure of length; equivalent to 12 inches; can be written as the abbreviation ft
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| yard | measure of length; equivalent to 36 inches or 3 feet; can be written as the abbreviation yd
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| mile | measure of length; equivalent to 5280 feet
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| capacity | the amount a container can hold
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| weight | a measurement of how heavy an object is; depends on the gravity
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| ounce | a measurement of weight; can be written as the abbreviation oz
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| pound | measure of weight; equivalent to 16 ounces; can be written as the abbreviation lb
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| ton | unit of mass; equivalent to 2,000 pounds
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| millimeter | metric unit to measure length; can be written as the abbreviation mm
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| centimeter | metric unit of length; equivalent to 10 millimeters; there are 100 centimeters in a meter; can be written as the abbreviation cm
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| decimeter | metric unit of length; equivalent to 10 centimeters; can be written as the abbreviation dm
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| meter | metric unit of length; equivalent to 100 centimeters; can be written as the abbreviation m
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| kilometer | metric unit of length; equivalent to 1,000 meters; can be written as the abbreviation km
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| milliliter | metric measurement for capacity; equivalent to one-thousandth of a liter; can be written as the abbreviation mL
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| liter | metric unit of capacity; equivalent to 1,000 milliliters; can be written as the abbreviation L
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| mass | the amount of matter that something contains
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| gram | measurement of mass; can be written as the abbreviation g
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| kilogram | measurement of mass; equivalent to 1,000 grams; can be written as the abbreviation kg
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| perimeter | the distance around the outside of a shape
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| area | the size of the inside or surface of a 2D shape; measured in square units
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| line plot | shows data along a number line
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| volume | amount of space in a 3D object; measured in cubic units
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| second | a measurement of time
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| minute | a measurement of time; equivalent to 60 seconds
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| hour | measurement of time; equivalent to 60 minutes
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