Ask HN: How to create a new unit of measurement?

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Anyone here has experience in creating a new measuring system in any field. (E.g. size of clothing or any other physical product)

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Swatch Internet Time might be an interesting case study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time

No direct experience myself, but MathJS has an API for creating new units of measurement that you might consider for prototyping/experimenting/initial development:

http://mathjs.org/docs/datatypes/units.html

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