The reason : one engineering team working on the spacecraft used metric measurements while another team used imperial units .
原因是(传输数据时)两个工程组一个用英制单位而另一个用公制单位。
Then a button ( mtrs ) that toggles between metric and english units for international flights .
接下来的按钮(mtrs)可以用来切换公制和英制计量单位,供国际航班使用。
France has used the metric system for 200 years , but sophie , who has lived in france for most of her life , says the gps dot is accurate to two feet .
法国是用公制系统已200年,索菲,大部分时间在法国生活的她,竟说gps精确到2英尺。
All for a metric that had relevance when we lived in a world of html 1.0 , but really , not so much today .
当我们还在html1.0世界的时候,所有都和这一度量相关,但今天实际上没有这么多了。
Cause : the software that controlled the orbiter thrusters used imperial units ( pounds of force ) , rather than metric units ( newtons ) as specified by nasa . ( More )
The jobless now outnumber the joyless-there is nothing like a drop in gdp to remind everyone how much this much-maligned metric matters .
现在失业超过了不快乐,没有什么比gdp的下降更能提醒人们这一饱受争议的度量标准是多么的重要。
Saying that someone has 20 / 20 vision ( 6 / 6 in metric terms ) means that they can resolve a spatial pattern ( a letter of the alphabet , say ) in which each element subtends an angle of one minute of arc when viewed from a distance of 20 feet ( six metres ) .
He disputes media reports about the company and defends groupon 's proposed accounting metric of " adjusted consolidated segment operating income , " which excludes types of marketing expenses , currently about 20 percent of groupon 's revenue .
This distance is shown on an oled display in your choice of unit , in metric or good ol ' ' merican , and a click of a switch will store it in memory for later transfer to a pc.