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This value for the ⚀densitel leads to a unit of mass, the ⚀massel, of about 0.5508d grams (nickname: ⚀morsel·mass). This makes for a rather small base unit of mass. However, when scaled up three orders of dozenal magnitude, the triqua·massel is remarkably convenient at just under 1 kilogram and just over 2 pounds (just as the triqua·masselvolumel is convenient at just under 1 liter or just over a USC quart). Since this is the same as the mass of water occupying a ⚀hand·volume (a cubic ⚀hand·length), it can be colloquialized as a ⚀hand·mass.

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