What is a "Stone" in weight terms? ?!
Question: What is a "Stone" in weight terms.? .?
I've heard people say "I'm one stone 140 pounds ... etc..." but I don't know what a "stone" is... could you please tell me. What is it's equivalent in pounds (if it has an equivalent)
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Its britains way of measuring weight, 1 stone equals 14 lbs. heres some info:
The stone is a unit of weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Commonwealth countries. It is equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds, which is equivalent to approximately 62.3 Newtons, or about 6.35 kilograms (a unit of mass, not weight).
Eight stone make a hundredweight in the Imperial system.
When used as the unit of measurement, the plural form of stone is correctly stone (as in, "11 stone"), though stones is sometimes used, not usually by natives of the British Isles. The abbreviation is st. When describing the units, the correct plural is stones (as in, "please enter your weight in stones and pounds").
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The stone is a unit of weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Commonwealth countries. It is equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds, which is equivalent to approximately 62.3 Newtons, or about 6.35 kilograms (a unit of mass, not weight).
Eight stone make a hundredweight in the Imperial system.
When used as the unit of measurement, the plural form of stone is correctly stone (as in, "11 stone"), though stones is sometimes used, not usually by natives of the British Isles. The abbreviation is st. When describing the units, the correct plural is stones (as in, "please enter your weight in stones and pounds").
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