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  2. Human height - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles. The unifying ...

  4. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1] [2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  5. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    2.6 Feet. 3 Loudness. 4 Mass. 5 Time. 6 Volume. 7 ... This is a list of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and ... Cun - width of the ...

  6. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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    The modern Brannock device takes three measurements of each foot: Foot length the length from heel to the tip of the longest toe (in increments of barleycorns) Arch length the length from heel to the inside of the ball of the foot, or medial metatarsophalangeal joint Width the width of the foot perpendicular to the length

  7. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    A hand is a unit of length used to measure the height of horses. One hand is four inches, and a value of 12.3 hands represents 12 hands + 3 inches (51 inches). Output name

  8. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    162 cm (5 ft 4 in) 149 ... Height measurement can vary over the course of a day, due to factors such as a decrease from exercise done directly before measurement (i.e ...

  9. Metrication in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Human height is measured in centimetres. [30] [36] In informal contexts, a person's height may be stated in feet and inches. [37] [38] Domestic and commercial property is advertised in square metres or hectares. Although crop yields are described in tonnes per hectare, [39] rural land area is occasionally reported in acres. [40] [41]