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  2. French catheter scale - Wikipedia

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    The Charrière is measured by the ''outer'' diameter, and is defined as 1 Fr = 1/3 mm, and thus 1 mm = 3 Fr; therefore the diameter of a round catheter in millimetres can be determined by dividing the French size by 3. [2] The French units roughly correspond to the outer circumference of the catheter (see table below).

  3. List of scale model sizes - Wikipedia

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    Used for 12 mm, and 12.5 mm figure scale miniature wargaming. 1:128: 3 ⁄ 32 in: 2.381 mm A few rockets and some fit-in-the-box aircraft are made to this size. 1:120: 0.1 in: 2.54 mm: Model railways (TT) Derived from the scale of 1 inch equals 10 feet.TT model railroad scale. Used in AD&D Battlesystem Skirmishes rules. Works with 15 mm ...

  4. List of examples of lengths - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 −3 and 10 −2 m (1 mm and 1 cm). 1.0 mm — ⁠ 1 / 1000 ⁠ of a metre; 1.0 mm — 0.039 37 inches or 5 ⁄ 127 (exactly) 1.0 mm — side of square of area 1 mm 2; 1.0 mm — diameter of a pinhead; 1.5 mm — length of average flea; 2.54 mm — distance between ...

  5. Inch - Wikipedia

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    Metric (SI) units. 25.4 mm. 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. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is also sometimes used to translate ...

  6. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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    (11) Diamond (4.5 pt, 1.5875 mm). Fonts originally consisted of a set of moveable type letterpunches purchased from a type foundry . As early as 1600, the sizes of these types—their "bodies" [ 1 ] —acquired traditional names in English, French, German, and Dutch, usually from their principal early uses. [ 2 ]

  7. Angstrom - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Anders Ångström [15]. In 1868, Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström created a chart of the spectrum of sunlight, in which he expressed the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum in multiples of one ten-millionth of a millimetre (or 10 −7 mm.) [16] [17] Ångström's chart and table of wavelengths in the solar spectrum became widely used in ...

  8. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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    A less precise definition is one pica equals 0.166 inches (4.2 mm), and one point 0.01383 inches (0.351 mm). [ 27 ] [ 33 ] It was also noticed that 83 picas is nearly equal to 35 cm, so the Type Founders Association also suggested using a 35 cm metal rod for measurements, but this was not accepted by every foundry.

  9. Minute and second of arc - Wikipedia

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    The nautical mile (nmi) was originally defined as the arc length of a minute of latitude on a spherical Earth, so the actual Earth circumference is very near 21 600 nmi. A minute of arc is ⁠π 10 800⁠ of a radian. A second of arc, arcsecond (arcsec), or arc second, denoted by the symbol ″, [2] is ⁠ 1 60 ⁠ of an arcminute, ⁠ 1 3600 ...