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Pièze

Pièze

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The pièze is the unit of pressure in the metre-tonne-second system of units
Metre-tonne-second system of units
The metre-tonne-second or mts system of units is a system of physical units. It was invented in France, hence the unit names sthène and pièze, and was adopted only by the Soviet Union in 1933, and abolished there in 1955. It was built on the same principles as the cgs system, but with larger units...

 (mts system), used, e.g., in the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...

 1933-1955. It is defined as one sthène
Sthène
The sthène is the unit of force in the metre-tonne-second system of units , invented in France and used in the Soviet Union 1933-1955. The symbol is sn. It is also used to measure thrust.1 sn := 1 t·m/s²...

 per square metre
Square metre
The square metre is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m2. It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre...

. The symbol is pz.
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The pièze is the unit of pressure in the metre-tonne-second system of units
Metre-tonne-second system of units
The metre-tonne-second or mts system of units is a system of physical units. It was invented in France, hence the unit names sthène and pièze, and was adopted only by the Soviet Union in 1933, and abolished there in 1955. It was built on the same principles as the cgs system, but with larger units...

 (mts system), used, e.g., in the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...

 1933-1955. It is defined as one sthène
Sthène
The sthène is the unit of force in the metre-tonne-second system of units , invented in France and used in the Soviet Union 1933-1955. The symbol is sn. It is also used to measure thrust.1 sn := 1 t·m/s²...

 per square metre
Square metre
The square metre is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m2. It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre...

. The symbol is pz.

1 pz = : t
Tonne
A tonne or metric ton , also referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to , or approximately the mass of one cubic metre of water. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI...

/(m
Metre
The metre or meter is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units . Historically, the metre was defined by the French Academy of Sciences as the length between two marks on a platinum-iridium bar, which was designed to represent one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator...

·s
Second
The second , sometimes abbreviated sec., is the name of a unit of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time...

²) = 1000 kg
Kilogram
The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units .The spelling kilogram is the modern spelling used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures , the U.S...

/(m·s²) = 10³ Pa = 1 kPa = 0.01 bar
Bar (unit)
The bar is a unit of pressure equal to 100 kilopascals, and rougly equal to the atmospheric pressure on Earth at sea level. Other units derived from the bar are the decibar , centibar , and millibar...