Examples for
Units & Measures
Wolfram|Alpha finds and converts values for a wide variety of units, measures and scales. Find information and convert between standard industrial measures, scales used in science and everyday life and many others.
Examine unit values and conversions between different units.
Get information about and conversions for a unit:
Get unit conversions for a quantity:
Convert to a specified unit:
Do a calculation with units:
Compare two quantities:
Convert industrial measures used for wires, screws, bolts and other objects to common units.
Get information about a wire gauge:
Get dimensions of a screw or bolt:
Compute the volume of paint required to cover an area:
Retrieve detailed data on physical quantities and dimensionless quantities. Determine dimensionless combinations of physical quantities.
Get information about a physical quantity:
Compare physical quantities:
Compute a dimensionless quantity:
Get information about a theorem in dimensional analysis:
Associate physical quantities with the devices used to measure them.
Discover how to measure different physical properties:
Discover what different devices measure:
Convert footwear and jewelry sizes to sizes used in other countries.
Compute ring size equivalents:
Convert ring size to a specified system:
Compute shoe size equivalents:
Convert shoe size to a specified system:
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