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2. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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   Balance scale set, with weights Scales used to measure the weight of fruit in a supermarket Weighing scale in use in Tokyo Digital kitchen scale, a strain gauge scale Weighing scale for a baby includes a ruler for height measurement. A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass. These are also known as mass scales, weight ...

3. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Body mass index ( BMI) is a value derived from the mass ( weight) and height of a person. The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is expressed in units of kg/m 2, resulting from mass in kilograms (kg) and height in metres (m). The BMI may be determined first by measuring its components by means ...

4. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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   Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of weight without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.

5. A Technical Overview of the Student Growth Percentile ...

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   1Height and weight scales are interval (actually, ratio scales) where a unit increase re ects an equivalent increase in the underlying quality being measured no matter where on the scale the increase occurs. 2The scales on which students are measured are often assumed to possess properties similar to height and weight but they don’t.

6. Scale height - Wikipedia

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   Scale height. The earth atmosphere's scale height is about 8.5 km, as can be confirmed from this diagram of air pressure p by altitude h: At an altitude of 0, 8.5, and 17 km, the pressure is about 1000, 370, and 140 hPa, respectively. In atmospheric, earth, and planetary sciences, a scale height, usually denoted by the capital letter H, is a ...

7. What Is the Average Weight for Men? - AOL

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   The average weight for men is 197.9 pounds. However, weight can be influenced by several factors, such as age, ethnicity and height. BMI isn’t everything. Body mass index is one measurement of ...