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If you meant amplification is multiplication factor then you must multiply pounds by 0.453592343 to get to kilogrammes(which is the metric unit of mass).
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Is half a pound still consider a pound in the metric system?
No. Neither half a pound nor a pound have any place in the metric system. And they never did have a place either.
Is pound part of the matric system?
No. A pound is part of the Imperial measuring system not the metric system.
English metric system for measuring mass?
English: pound. Metric: kilogram.
What comes before ounces in the metric system?
"Ounces" is not part of the metric system.
What year did the US legalise the use of metric system?
In 1869Congress legalized the use of the metric system. In 1893 the Office of Weights and Measures adopted the metric system in legally defining the yard and the pound.
2 system of measurements?
Metric system e.g. kilogram, metreImperial system e.g. foot, pound, gallon
Is pounds used in the metric system?
in holland 1 pound is 500 grams
English and metric system of units?
FPS - Foot, Pound, Second is the English system CGS - Centimeter, Gram, Second is the metric system Second in both systems are equal
Is a pound a part of the metric system?
lb is a pound in weight. 14lbs in a stone. Pounds is abbreviated lbs because the origin is in the Latin word libra, which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo, the second word being the origin of our pound.
Is a pound metric or customary?
The pound is NOT a metric unit.
Is a pound an english or metric unit?
A pound is part of the imperial system of measurements, which were used in England, and elsewhere, before the introduction of metric measurements.
How many kilogram contains 103 pound?
When metric system finally wins this question will be obsolete.
