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Edit: Alt Text: Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's pretty common to use acre inches and acre foot as a unit of volume for measuring water in agriculture, water use, flood mitigation, etc.

So if we can use area height as a volumetric unit, by not volume/area as a height unit?

[โ€“] captainlezbian 0 points 1 month ago

US customary has gone too far and must be destroyed