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The US doesn't use Imperial units. It uses US customary units, which are different from Imperial in several significant ways, because the Imperial system evolve
by antonvs 1y ago
The US doesn't use Imperial units. It uses US customary units, which are different from Imperial in several significant ways, because the Imperial system evolved after the US split from the British Empire.
Also interestingly, US customary units are defined in terms of metric. So in a sense, the US does use the metric system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units
- Podrod 1y agoI often correct people regarding the US not using Imperial as well but to be fair the only significant difference these days is in fluid measurements. Weight and length measurements were standardised between US customary and Imperial back in the 1950s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y agoThat is good to know. Also linked from that article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and...