Thread: OT - None Metric measurement question
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Old August 3rd, 2004, 11:32 PM
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Default Re: OT - None Metric measurement question
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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
ahh man... different stuff has different weight per volume in the cup system...
Cup is a unit of volume. Pound is a unit of weight. You can not directly compare them without having the density of material. It is like saying how many liters are in a kilogram... Of course, you can't really directly compare pounds and kilograms, as one is a unit of force and the other a unit of mass... but it is close enough for imprecise measurements such as cooking food.

[ August 03, 2004, 22:34: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]
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