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19 cm = 1.9 dm – length of a banana; 26.3 cm = 2.6 dm – length of average male human foot; 29.98 cm = 2.998 dm – distance light in vacuum travels in one nanosecond; 30 cm = 3.0 dm – maximum leg length of a Goliath birdeater; 31 cm = 3.1 dm – wingspan of largest butterfly species Ornithoptera alexandrae
175.2 cm (5 ft 9 in) 165.3 cm (5 ft 5 in) 1.06: 25–34 — Self-reported: 2003 [124] Marshall Islands: 163.3 cm (5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 151.6 cm (4 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08: 15–64 (N= m:762 f:1,187) 93.4%: Measured: 2002 [125] Mauritania: 167.9 cm (5 ft 6 in) 160.3 cm (5 ft 3 in) 1.05: 15–64 (N= m:1,141 f:1,362) 93.6%: Measured: 2006 [126 ...
The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters). Donald Trump, the current president, is 6 feet 3 inches (190 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2019. [2]
The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...
The shaku had been standardized as 30.3 cm (11.93 in) since 1891. [5] This means that there are about 3.3 shaku (10 ⁄ 33) to one meter. [6] [7]This definition was established by Meiji government law; until then, even though the unit was given the same name, its length varied depending on the era.
The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001. The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early , a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one ...
The Egyptian equivalent of the foot—a measure of four palms or 16 digits—was known as the djeser and has been reconstructed as about 30 cm (11.8 in). The Greek foot (πούς, pous) had a length of 1 / 600 of a stadion, [12] one stadion being about 181.2 m (594 ft); [13] therefore a foot was, at the time, about 302 mm (11.9 in). Its ...
Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.