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Mass is an undefined quantity of matter, defined to remain the same regardless of placement of any object on a planetary body other than Earth, altitude above the surface of said object, etc. In CreationWiki, the standard unit of mass is the SI unit, the kilogram.

The following is the list of other symbols that this type supports, and their conversion ratios:

International System of Units

• 1000 g,gm,gram,grams
• 1e6 mg,milligram,milligrams
• 1e9 μg,mcg,microgram,micrograms
• 1e12 pg,picogram,picograms
• 1e-3 tonne,metric ton,metric tons
• 1e-6 kilotonne,metric kiloton,metric kilotons
• 5000 ct, carat,carats
• 6.02214179e+026 amu,atomic mass unit,atomic mass units,g/mol

(That last is based on Avogadro's number.)

SI, weight on the surface of the earth:

• 9.806652 N,newton,newtons

US Customary system:

• 6.8521779647661e-002 slug,slugs
• 2.20462262184878 lb,pound,pounds
• 3.52739619495804e+001 oz,ounce,ounces
• 564.3834 dram,drams
• 1.54323583529414e+004 gr,grain,grains
• 2.20462262184878e-002 cwt,cental,hundredweight
• 1.10231131092439e-003 ton,tons

Imperial units:

• 1.5747304441777e-001 stone
• 7.87365222088848e-002 qtr,quarter,quarters
• 1.96841305522212e-002 long cwt,long hundredweight
• 9.84206527611061e-004 long ton,long tons

Troy Weight:

• 2.679229 troy lb
• 32.15075 troy oz
• 643.0149 pennywt,pennyweight
• 4878.049 troy ct
• 3.08647167058829e+004 mite,mites
• 7.407532e+006 doite,doites

Astronomy: (For comparing the mass of a planet to that of the earth)

• 1.67336290723378e-025 M⊕
• 1.36085897418451e-023 M☾ (Mass of moon)
• 5.26676146837310e-028 M♃ (Mass of Jupiter)
• 5.02739932632849e-031 M☉ (Mass of Sun)

Ancient Rome:

• 3.067334e-002 clb,centumpondus,centumpondi,Roman talent, Roman talents
• 1.8404 meen
• 3.067334 libra,pondus,librae,pondi
• 36.80801 unc,uncius,uncii (This is the Roman "ounce.")
• 73.61602 sunc,semiounce
• 110.424 duella,duellae
• 147.232 sicilicus,sicilici
• 184.0401 milliaresium,milliaresia
• 220.8481 solid,solidus,solidi
• 294.4641 denarium,denaria (The "denarius" is a coin.)
• 883.3922 scruple,scrupulus,scrupuli

Biblical units:

• 2.939497e-002 talent,talents
• 1.763698 mina,minas
• 88.18491 shekel,shekels
• 132.2774 pim,pims
• 176.3698 beka,bekas
• 1763.698 gerah,gerahs

Reference

• Gershtein, Sergey and Anna. "Entry for Kilogram in English." <http://www.convert-me.com>, 2005. Accessed 10 January 2008.