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  2. Spanish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Pulgada (inch: 24.5 mm) used in Spain. Jeme, measure of length, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger of an extended hand. Legua (league), a unit of length. Toesas, unit of length equal to 66.72 inches (1.695 m) [8] Units of area Manzana, a unit of land measure in Honduras. Caballería, a unit of land measure in Cuba.

  3. Inch - Wikipedia

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    A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch. The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement.It is equal to ⁠ 1 / 36 ⁠ yard or ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ of a foot.

  4. Brenda Castillo - Wikipedia

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    Castillo is 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb). [3] She was born on June 5, 1992, in Haina, [4] San Cristóbal. Her parents are Argentina and Alfonso. [5] She is married to Julio Enrique de los Santos. [6] She started practicing volleyball when she was ten under the guidance of coach Valentín Arias Pérez in the club ...

  5. Metrication in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Among the Guatemalan units of measurement some are based on old Spanish units; they include the vara and cuadra linear measurements; the vara cuadrada, the manzana and the cuerda units of area; and the libra, arroba, quintal and garrafón units of weight and volume.

  6. J. J. Barea - Wikipedia

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    He graduated from Academia de la Inmaculada Concepción high school. [4] In 2001, Barea started playing basketball for Indios de Mayagüez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Later that year, he moved to Florida to attend high school at Miami Christian School in Miami, Florida. As a senior in 2001–02, he averaged 20 points, 6 rebounds ...

  7. Finger (unit) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] (about 2 cm) In medicine and related disciplines (anatomy, radiology, etc.) the fingerbreadth (literally the width of a finger) is an informal but widely used unit of measure. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

  8. Centimetre - Wikipedia

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    Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales.The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. A centimetre or centimeter (US/Philippine spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of ⁠ 1 / 100 ⁠. [1]

  9. Span (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek texts show that the span was used as a fixed measure in ancient Greece since at least archaic period.The word spithame (Greek: "σπιθαμή"), "span", [4] is attested in the work of Herodotus [5] in the 5th century BC; however, the span was used in Greece long before that, since the word trispithamos (Greek: "τρισπίθαμος"), "three spans long", [6] occurs as early as ...