Measuring cup

A measuring cup is a measurement vessel, can be measured with the liquids and foods. In part, cups are only including quantity of liquids (also called liter measure ) refers to as a measuring cup.

Appearance

Measuring cups can be made of metal or glass, but most often are measuring cups made of plastic. For metal, the dimensions are on the inside, with transparent glass and plastic on the outside. Depending on the type of food to be designed without the differing distances between the measuring lines and units. Liquids shall include in liters or cubic centimeters, food in grams. Typical loose food for this use are flour, rice or sugar.

For the preparation of cocktails, there are special measuring cup, the Jigger Jigger or German are called and have usually only a small volume (up to about 50 ml).

Measuring cups are often conical, as compared to a cylindrical shape with a lower capacity and absolute reading error is smaller.

In industry and science are often used graduated cylinders or beakers. In chemistry lab measuring cups were formerly referred to as scale, especially those without a scale.