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Gerah (Biblical Hebrew)

The gerah was the smallest unit of weight in ancient Biblical Hebrew measurement systems. It is traditionally considered 1/20 of a shekel.

Since a shekel weighed about 11 grams, a gerah would weigh roughly 0.55 grams. The gerah was used to measure small amounts of precious metals like silver and gold, important in commerce and religious rituals.

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  1 gerah = 1/20 shekel ≈ 0.55 grams

  
  
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  Smallest Biblical Hebrew weight unit

  
  
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  Used for precise measurement of metals and offerings

  
  

Petagram [Pg]

The petagram is a unit of mass in the metric system, used to measure very large quantities.

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  1 petagram = 10¹⁵ grams

  
  
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  1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms (1 trillion kilograms)

  
  
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  Symbol: Pg

  
  

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  Commonly used in environmental science, such as measuring global carbon emissions or biomass

  
  
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  Much larger than everyday units like kilograms or metric tons

  
  
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  Part of the SI system using the prefix "peta-" meaning $10^{15}$

  
  

The petagram is useful for quantifying massive amounts of material, especially in global-scale scientific studies.