Talk:Drop (volume)

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I removed: "This is similar to units like the cup, tablespoon, and teaspoon that depend on the spoon or cup." That sentence was following the paragraph that says "The volume of a drop is not well-defined: it depends on the device and technique used to produce the drop and on the physical properties of the fluid."

At least here in the US, a cup as a unit is 8 fluid ounces or half a US fluid pint. A Tablespoon is 0.5 fl. oz. and a teaspoon is a third of a Tablespoon. They seem to be set measurements to me and not something dependant on what ever cup or spoon is grabbed; rather a calibrated measuring device, though not 'laboratory grade' obviously, is used to measure these volumes. MetricUSA (talk) 02:32, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Here in Australia a cup is 250mL, conveniently close to the size of most coffee cups. There's something similar for teaspoons and tablespoons, since you can actually buy measuring spoons/cups with the measurement written on them. Not only that, the sentence jars with the preceding one, since the first talks about the physical properties that form a drop, while the second talks about units. LightYear (talk) 02:47, 10 December 2007 (UTC)