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  2. Fathom - Wikipedia

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    1.8288 metres exactly (Official international definition of the fathom) [10] 1.828804 m (Obsolete measurement of the fathom based on the US survey foot, only for use of historical and legacy applications) [11] 2 yards (1 yard is exactly 1 ⁄ 2 fathom) 6 feet (1 foot is exactly 1 ⁄ 6 fathom) 18 hands; 72 inches; 1 metre is about 0.5468 fathoms

  3. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    0.3048 m. 30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  4. M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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    M1 Abrams. The M1 Abrams (/ ˈeɪbrəmz /) [10] is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare, it is one of the heaviest tanks in service at nearly 73.6 short tons (66.8 metric tons).

  5. Metre - Wikipedia

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    The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

  6. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

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    Rear: adjustable aperture. Front: wing protected post. The M1 Garand or M1 rifle[nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand.

  7. Height above mean sea level - Wikipedia

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    Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level varies in different countries due to different reference points and historic measurement periods.

  8. Ancient Roman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    50 1 ⁄ 576: 4.38 m 2 47.1 sq ft scrupulum 100 1 ⁄ 288: 8.76 m 2 94.3 sq ft duo scrupula 200 1 ⁄ 144: 17.5 m 2 188 sq ft sextula 400 1 ⁄ 72: 35.0 m 2 377 sq ft sicilicus 600 1 ⁄ 48: 52.6 m 2 566 sq ft semiuncia 1,200 1 ⁄ 24: 105 m 2 1,130 sq ft uncia 2,400 1 ⁄ 12: 210 m 2 2,260 sq ft sextans 4,800 1 ⁄ 6: 421 m 2

  9. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The centimetre (SI symbol: cm) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10−2 metres (⁠ 1 100 ⁠ m = 0.01 m). To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −2 m and 10 −1 m (1 cm and 1 dm). 1 cm – 10 millimetres. 1 cm – 0.39 inches. 1 cm – edge of a square of area 1 cm 2.