| NOUN | quantity | system of weights and measures | system of measurement for length and weight and duration / duration |
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| Meaning | system of measurement for length and weight and duration / duration. | |
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| Narrower | British Imperial System, English system, British system | A system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint |
| United States Customary System | The system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint / pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System | |
| metric system | A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second | |
| Broader | system of measurement, metric | A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic / characteristic |
| Spanish | sistema de pesos y medidas | |
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