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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not based on the meter as a standard of measurement
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Examples
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Any items that require repairs and spare parts would be very undesirable as inventories of non-metric parts and tools would have to be maintained. uff the fluff says:
Matthew Yglesias » Harry Potter and the Gains from Trade 2010
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My younger sister had a 5. 8kg baby, around 12lbs14oz for the non-metric.
sex 2009
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It will have a claimed EV range of 50 km, or 31 miles to us non-metric types.
2010 LA Auto Show: A rundown of the electric and alternative fuel cars unveiled 2010
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It will have a claimed EV range of 50 km, or 31 miles to us non-metric types.
2010 LA Auto Show: A rundown of the electric and alternative fuel cars unveiled 2010
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The weather is close to 20C (almost 70F for you non-metric folks) and I went outside today without – gasp!
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The weather is close to 20C (almost 70F for you non-metric folks) and I went outside today without – gasp!
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If I say "He had a bruise on the back of his hand 47 mm in diameter." that might not mean an awful lot to the non-metric crowd.
Archive 2009-09-01 Steve Perry 2009
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All systems of weights and measures, metric and non-metric, are linked through a network of international agreements supporting the International System of Units.
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Bernard Lagat beat two of the world's best milers — Kenya's Alex Kipchirchir and Bahrain's Rashid Ramzy — to win the mile in 3: 51.53, the best time in the world this year at the occasionally run non-metric distance.
USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Clay posts a near-perfect 10 2006
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It seems that Her Majesty's Government (or HMG as it is known not so affectionately) has not exactly made up its mind about the use of non-metric measurements becoming illegal from 2010.
Not made up their minds yet Helen 2006
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