bu

Japanese: bu
bu

…It is a unit of volume in the imperial system, but there are differences between the UK and the US. (1) UK. It is a common unit for both dry and liquid volume, and is equal to 8 imperial gallons, or about 36.369 dm3. (2) US. It is the base unit of dry volume, defined as 2150.42 cubic inches, or about 35.239 dm3. This size comes from the Winchester bushel, which was used in the UK before 1824. The unit symbol for both is bu. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "bu" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ヤード・ポンド法における容量の単位であるが,イギリスとアメリカの両国で差がある。(1)イギリス。乾量,液量共通の単位で,8英ガロンに等しく,約36.369dm3である。(2)アメリカ。乾量の基本単位であって,2150.42立方インチと定義され,およそ35.239dm3である。この大きさは1824年以前にイギリスで使われていたウィンチェスター・ブッシェルWinchester bushelに由来する。単位記号はともにbuである。…

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