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The template is intended for conversion of heights specified in either metres or in feet and inches. Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status Metres m metre metres meter meters The height in metres. Do not use if feet and inches are specified. Number optional Centimetres cm centimetre centimetres centimeter centimeters The height in centimetres. Do not use if feet and inches are ...
This article gives a list of conversion factors for several physical quantities. ... ≡ 2.5 ft [4] = 0.762 m palm: ... ≡ 1 cm/s 2 = 10 −2 m/s 2: inch per minute ...
The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit, while the people of Rome, Greece, and China preferred the foot
By default, the output value is rounded to adjust its precision to match that of the input. An input such as 1234 is interpreted as 1234 ± 0.5, while 1200 is interpreted as 1200 ± 50, and the output value is displayed accordingly, taking into account the scale factor used in the conversion.
The United States adopted the conversion factor 1 metre = 39.37 inches by an act in 1866. [30] In 1893, Mendenhall ordered the physical realization of the inch to be based on the international prototype metres numbers 21 and 27, which had been received from the CGPM, together with the previously adopted conversion factor. [31]
5 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: Portugal 5 Portuguese feet Converted to 1,668 mm from 1955 [100] 1,668 mm 5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in: See Iberian gauge: 1,672 mm 5 ft 5 + 13 ⁄ 16 in: Spain 6 Castilian feet Spanish national rail network Converted to 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in) Iberian gauge from 1955; [100] The current Barcelona metro line 1 and ...
The U.S. government passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, which made the metric system "the preferred system of weights and measures for U.S. trade and commerce". The legislation states that the federal government has a responsibility to assist industry as it voluntarily converts to the metric system, i.e., metrification. This is most ...
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 millimeters; 1 cm – 0.39 inches; 1 cm – edge of a square of area 1 cm 2