What's the American measuring system called?

Question

I know that the rest of the world uses the metric system (millimeters, centimeters, grams, etc.), but what is the American system called? (Inches, feet, pounds, etc.)

Answer 1

Imperial.

Answer 2

The U.S. Customary System

Sometimes referred to as "English," although there are differences between the American and British systems. (The UK is another part of the world that is not entirely metric at this time.)

Automotive hardware is sometimes distinguished as either "ASE" (Institute for Automotive Service Excellence) or metric.

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Differences between American and British Systems

Many American units of weights and measures are based on units in use in Great Britain before 1824, when the British Imperial System was established. Since the Mendenhall Order of 1893, the U.S. yard and pound and all other units derived from them have been defined in terms of the metric units of length and mass, the meter and the kilogram; thus, there is no longer any direct relationship between American units and British units of the same name. In 1959 an international agreement was reached among English-speaking nations to use the same metric equivalents for the yard and pound for purposes of science and technology; these values are 1 yd=0.9144 meter (m) and 1 lb=0.45359237 kilogram (kg). In the United States, the older definition of the yard as 3,600/3,937 m is still used for surveying, the corresponding foot (1,200/3,937 m) being known as the survey foot.

The English units of measurement have many drawbacks: the complexity of converting from one unit to another, the differences between American and British units, the use of the same name for different units (e.g., ounce for both weight and liquid capacity, quart and pint for both liquid and dry capacity), and the existence of three different systems of weights (avoirdupois, troy, and apothecaries’). Because of these disadvantages and because of the wide use of the much simpler metric system in most other parts of the world, there have been proposals to do away with the U.S. Customary System and replace it with the metric system.

Answer 3

In my car it says Metric/US...we are the only ones that use the US system,everywhere else I've been it's always Metric. We are slow to accept the change, a system that has been in place for centuries. I believe that when Europeans started settling this country, they wanted to do away with anything from the home country that would clearly separate them (Europe) from the New World. There are many examples of it.

Answer 4

It is ridiculous that America still uses the outdated, inaccurate Imperial system of weights and measures. A foot used to be the exact length of the king's foot, and what happened when there was a new king? a new measure. The only civilized world power to still use that old tired system... simply insane. And the funny thing is many of us have no idea how tall we are in centimeters or our weight in kilos. Can we switch to metric now please?

Answer 5

I think most people call it simply the English system, even though there are definite differences between US measure and English measure, also called Imperial measure. The technical term for the weights and volumes part is called the "Avoir Dupois" system, which is French for "to have weight" .

Answer 6

Imperial or U.S. Customary.

We are slowly slowly converting over to Metric.

Answer 7

Standard

Answer 8

In the engineering profession, we refer to it as "English Units".

Answer 9

Stoopid!

Answer 10

The correct method.