Editing Slug (unit) (section)

== Related units ==
The [[inch]] version of the slug (equal to 1&nbsp;lbf⋅s<sup>2</sup>/in, or 12{{nbsp}}slugs) has no official name,<ref name=Shigley/> but is commonly referred to as a ''blob'',<ref>Norton, Robert L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fK_Q3XNEpMAC&q=blob+mass&pg=PA13 ''Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook'', p. 13.] Industrial Press Inc., 2009. {{ISBN|0831133678}}.</ref> ''slinch'' (a [[portmanteau]] of the words slug and inch),<ref>[http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/s/l/slug/source.html Slug] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130034640/http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/s/l/slug/source.html |date=2016-11-30 }}. DiracDelta Science & Engineering Encyclopedia</ref><ref name=Wolframblob>{{cite web |title=1 blob |url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+blob&lk=1 |work=Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine |access-date=27 October 2011}}</ref> ''slugette'',<ref>Celmer, Robert. ''Notes to Accompany Vibrations II''. Version 2.2. 2009.</ref> or ''snail''.<ref>Rowlett, Russ. [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement"]. unc.edu, September 1, 2004. Retrieved January 26, 2018.</ref> It is equivalent to {{convert|386.0886|lb}} based on standard gravity.<ref name=Shigley/>

Similar (but long-obsolete) metric units included the ''glug'' (980.665&nbsp;g) in a gravitational system related to the [[centimetre–gram–second system of units|centimetre–gram–second system]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Cardarelli |first=François |title=Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofs0000card |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofs0000card/page/358 358], 377 |year=1999 |publisher=Springer |isbn=1-85233-682-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title= Beware of the "Glug," a New Unit of Mass! |year= 1958 |last1= David |first1= A. |journal= American Journal of Physics |volume= 26 |issue= 1 |page= 41 |department= Letters to the Editor |doi= 10.1119/1.1934599 }}</ref> and the ''mug'', ''[[hyl (unit)|hyl]]'', ''par'', or ''TME'' ({{Langx|de|technische Masseneinheit|lit=technical mass unit}}, 9.80665&nbsp;kg) in a [[Gravitational metric system|gravitational system]] related to the [[MKS system of units|metre–kilogram–second system]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cardarelli |first=François |title=Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofs0000card |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofs0000card/page/470 470], 497 |year=1999 |publisher=Springer |isbn=1-85233-682-X}}</ref>