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The unit of measurement varies by region: a United States liquid tablespoon is approximately 14.8 ml (0.50 US fl oz), a European, United Kingdom and Canadian tablespoon is exactly 15 ml (0.51 US fl oz), [2] and an Australian tablespoon is 20 ml (0.68 US fl oz). [3]
Toggle Non-metric conversions subsection. 4.1 Rough conversions. 5 Symbol. ... 1 imperial fluid ounce: ≡ 28.4130625 mL ≈ 33.814023: US fluid ounces:
Prior to the adoption of the minim in the early 19th century, the smallest unit of fluid measure in the Apothecaries' systems of the United States customary units and pre-1824 English units was, while inexact, presumed to be equal to 1/60 of a fluid dram or 1/480 of a fluid ounce.
1.0 imp qt (1,100 ml; 38 US fl oz) imperial pint: imppt imp pt 1/8 imp gal or 20 imp fl oz 1.0 imp pt (0.57 L) imperial fluid ounce: impoz (impfloz) imp fl oz 1/160 imp gal 1.0 imp fl oz (28 ml; 0.96 US fl oz) impoz USoz; impoz U.S.oz; impoz ml; impoz mL; US customary liquid measure: US barrel: USbbl US bbl 31½ US gal
Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.
A teaspoon (tsp.) is an item of cutlery.It is a small spoon that can be used to stir a cup of tea or coffee, or as a tool for measuring volume. [1] [2] The size of teaspoons ranges from about 2.5 to 7.3 mL (0.088 to 0.257 imp fl oz; 0.085 to 0.247 US fl oz).
Volume may be measured either in terms of units of cubic length or with specific volume units. The units of cubic length (the cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic mile, etc.) are the same in the imperial and US customary systems, but they differ in their specific units of volume (the bushel, gallon, fluid ounce, etc.).
Metrication in Australia effectively began in 1966 with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board. [1] The conversion of measurements—metrication—commenced subsequently in 1971, under the direction of the Metric Conversion Board and actively proceeded until the Board was disbanded in 1981.