BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES
\bjˈʊ͡əɹə͡ʊ ˌɪntənˈaʃənə͡l dˈɛs pˈɔ͡ɪdz ˈɛt mˈɛʒəz], \bjˈʊəɹəʊ ˌɪntənˈaʃənəl dˈɛs pˈɔɪdz ˈɛt mˈɛʒəz], \b_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_əʊ ˌɪ_n_t_ə_n_ˈa_ʃ_ə_n_əl d_ˈɛ_s p_ˈɔɪ_d_z ˈɛ_t m_ˈɛ_ʒ_ə_z]\
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(BIPM) The standards body that ensuresworld-wide uniformity of measurements and their traceabilityto the International System of Units (SI). The BIPM isbased in France and operates with the authority of theConvention of the Metre, a diplomatic treaty between fifty-onenations. It operates through a series of committees, whosemembers are the national metrology laboratories of the memberstates of the convention, and through its own laboratory work.The BIPM carries out measurement-related research. It takespart in, and organises, international comparisons of nationalmeasurement standards, and it carries out calibrations formember states.BIPM Home (http://www.bipm.org/).
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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