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  2. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One barn is equal to 1.0 × 10 −28 m 2. The name derives from the folk expressions "As big as a barn," and "Couldn't hit the broad side of a barn", used by particle accelerator physicists to refer to the probability of achieving a collision between particles. For nuclear purposes, 1.0 × 10 −28 m 2 is actually rather large. [27]

  3. Federal Employees Retirement System - Wikipedia

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    Most new federal employees hired on or after January 1, 1987, are automatically covered under FERS. Those newly hired and certain employees rehired between January 1, 1984, and December 31, 1986, were automatically converted to coverage under FERS on January 1, 1987; the portion of time under the old system is referred to as "CSRS Offset" and only that portion falls under the CSRS rules.

  4. Decimal time - Wikipedia

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    The large dial shows the ten hours of the decimal day in Arabic numerals, while the small dial shows the two 12-hour periods of the standard 24-hour day in Roman numerals. Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term is often used specifically to refer to the French Republican calendar ...

  5. A little-known law made over 120,000 veterans return their ...

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    The total inched up slightly to about 7,500 in fiscal year 2014, data shows. It held steady around 12,000 for the next three fiscal years before surging to more than 17,000 in fiscal year 2018 ...

  6. Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces

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    According to 10 U.S.C. § 10102, "the purpose of each reserve component is to provide trained units and qualified persons available for active duty in the armed forces, in time of war or national emergency, and at such other times as the national security may require, to fill the needs of the armed forces whenever, during and after the period ...

  7. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    Unit of time. A unit of time is any particular time interval, used as a standard way of measuring or expressing duration. The base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), and by extension most of the Western world, is the second, defined as about 9 billion oscillations of the caesium atom. The exact modern SI definition is ...

  8. Ancient Roman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Roman units of area Roman unit English name Equal to Metric equivalent Imperial equivalent Description pes quadratus square foot 1 pes qu. 0.0876 m 2 0.943 sq ft scrupulum or decempeda quadrata 100 pedes qu. 8.76 m 2 94.3 sq ft the square of the standard 10-foot measuring rod actus simplex 480 pedes qu. 42.1 m 2 453 sq ft

  9. Category : Military units and formations of the United States

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    Military units and formations of the United States. Articles for this category should be a) joint units (units made up of personnel from more than one branch of the military); b) articles that cover unit types. For specific units, please categorize by branch of service. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Military units and formations of the ...