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In the avoirdupois system, all units are multiples or fractions of the pound, which is now defined as 0.45359237 Kg in most of the English-speaking world Since 1959 . These are the units in their original French forms:
People in the British Isles, when they began to use this system, included the Stone , which was eventually defined as fourteen avoirdupois pounds. The quarter, hundredweight, and ton were altered, respectively, to 28 lb, 112 lb, and 2240 lb in order for Mass es to be easily converted between them and stone. The British Colonies in North America , however, adopted the system as it was. In the U.S., quarters, hundredweights and tons remain defined as 25, 100, and 2000 lb (though the two former are virtually unused); if disambiguation is required they are referred to as the "short" units, as opposed to the British "long" units. The following are the units in the British or Imperial adaptation of the avoirdupois system:
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