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2. Template:Convert/list of units/length/short list - Wikipedia

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   ftin (feet and inches) ft m (foot m) inch: in in Use of ′ and ″ symbols violates MOSNUM so is not provided. 1.0 in (25 mm) in cm; in mm; Other: nautical mile: nmi nmi the international standard nautical mile For other nautical miles see the full list. 1.0 nmi (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) parsec: pc pc 1.0 pc (3.3 ly) light-year: ly ly 1.0 ly (63,000 AU ...

3. Micrometer (device) - Wikipedia

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   Animation of a micrometer in use. The object being measured is in black. The measurement is 4.140 ± 0.005 mm. Micrometers use the screw to transform small distances [9] (that are too small to measure directly) into large rotations of the screw that are big enough to read from a scale. The accuracy of a micrometer derives from the accuracy of ...

4. Length measurement - Wikipedia

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   Length measurement, distance measurement, or range measurement (ranging) all refer to the many ways in which length, distance, or range can be measured. The most commonly used approaches are the rulers, followed by transit-time methods and the interferometer methods based upon the speed of light. Surveying is one ancient use of measuring long ...

5. List of measuring instruments - Wikipedia

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   A measuring instrument for lengths: a typical tape measure with both metric and imperial units and two US pennies for comparison A measuring instrument is a device to measure a physical quantity . In the physical sciences , quality assurance , and engineering , measurement is the activity of obtaining and comparing physical quantities of real ...

6. Tape measure - Wikipedia

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   The use of millimeter only tape measures for housing construction is a part of the US metric building code. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] This code does not permit the use of centimeters. Millimeters produce whole (integer) numbers, reduce arithmetic errors, thus decreasing wastage due to such errors.

7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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   30 cm = 3 dm – typical school-use ruler length (= 300 mm) 30.48 cm = 3.048 dm – 1 foot (measure) 60 cm = 6 dm – standard depth (front to back) of a domestic kitchen worktop in Europe (= 600 mm) 90 cm = 9 dm – average length of a rapier, a fencing sword [30] 91.44 cm = 9.144 dm – one yard (measure)

8. Ruler - Wikipedia

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   A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

9. Millimetre - 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 between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.