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A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit. Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span or full span (thumb to little finger) and little span or short span (thumb to index finger, or index finger to little ...
The Israelite system thus used divisions of the digit or fingerbreadth (Hebrew: אצבע, etzba; plural etzba'ot), [2] the palm or handbreadth (Hebrew: טפח, tefakh; plural tefakhim / tefakhim), which is equal to four fingerbreadths, [2] [3] the span (Hebrew: זרת, zeret), [2] the ell or cubit (Hebrew: אמה, Amah, plural Amot), [2] [4 ...
For the part from the elbow to the wrist and the palm of the hand is called the cubit, the middle finger of the cubit measure being also extended at the same time and there being added below (it) the span, that is, of the hand, taken all together." [20] Rabbi Avraham Chaim Naeh put the linear measurement of a cubit at 48 cm (19 in). [21]
Detail of the cubit rod in the Museo Egizio of Turin, showing digit, palm, hand and fist lengths. The hand, sometimes also called a handbreadth or handsbreadth, is an anthropic unit, originally based on the breadth of a male human hand, either with or without the thumb, [2] or on the height of a clenched fist.
And while these median and average balances span all age groups, when you look at the specifics, virtually every age group is behind where they should be. Among those aged 55 to 64, for example ...
In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...
With over 1,300 species living in every ocean, these marine arthropods can have a leg span ranging from .04 inches to nearly three feet long. The video above was filmed by ocean explorers.
The breakfasts range from 374 to 453 calories, while the lunches span 413 to 535 calories. These ranges are fairly similar, so a simple swap should work for most people.