View source for Type:Measurement

'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}''' takes numerical values and units for denoting linear measurements.

To allow users to enter values in different units of measurement,
this page specifies several [[Help:Custom units|custom unit]] for this datatype:

<nowiki>* [[corresponds to::1 cm, centimetre]]
* [[corresponds to::10 mm, millilitre]]
* [[corresponds to::0.393700787401575 in, ", inch]]
* [[corresponds to::0.032808399 ft, ', foot]]
* [[corresponds to::0.01 m, metre]]</nowiki>

* [[corresponds to::0.1 cm, centimetre]]
* [[corresponds to::1 mm, millilitre]]
* [[corresponds to::0.0393700787401575 in, ", inch]]
* [[corresponds to::0.0032808399 ft, ', foot]]
* [[corresponds to::0.001 m, metre]]

Editors can add more units and alternative representations.  To allow users to enter units in several forms, you add alternate representations separated by commas; for example this datatype supports "squared" using <tt><nowiki><sup>2</sup></nowiki></tt> or a Unicode character.

The main unit is the first unit with 1:1 correspondence; for this datatype it is m².
In the factbox and inline queries, values display converted into this unit first
(unless a property specifies different [[Property:display units|display units]]).