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  2. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In many cases the length of the unit was not uniquely fixed: for example, the English foot was stated as 11 pouces 2.6 lignes (French inches and lines) by Picard, 11 pouces 3.11 lignes by Maskelyne, and 11 pouces 3 lignes by D'Alembert. [47] Most of the various feet in this list ceased to be used when the countries adopted the metric system.

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The hand is a non-SI unit of length equal to exactly 4 inches ... field size is 105 m × ... in inches multiplied by 1 ⁄ 144 of the length in feet), ...

  4. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Units of length and area (the inch, foot, yard, ... (91.4 m) long by 160 feet (48.8 m) ... However the UEFA Champions League field must be exactly 105 by 68 m ...

  5. 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.

  6. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    For measuring length, the U.S. customary system uses the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use. From 1893, the foot was legally defined as exactly 1200 ⁄ 3937 m (approximately 0.304 8006 m). [13] Since July 1, 1959, the units of length have been defined on the basis of 1 yd = 0.9144 ...

  7. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    The B fitting adds 12 cm and the T height modifier 4 cm to the base hip measurement 89 + 16 = 105 cm. [13] Additionally there are a set of age based waist adjustments, such that a dress marketed at someone in their 60s may allow for a waist 9 cm larger than a dress, of the same size, marketed at someone in their 20s. The age based adjustments ...

  8. Obsolete Austrian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Length Other equivalents Relation to SI units Point (Punkt) 182.917 037 μm Line (Linie) 12 points: 2.195 004 mm Inch (Zoll) 144 points: 12 lines: 26.340 053 mm Fist (Faust) 576 points: 48 lines = 4 inches = 1/3 foot: 105.360 213 mm Span (Spanne) 2 fists: 2/3 of a foot: 210.72 mm Foot (Fuß) 1,728 points: 144 lines = 12 inches: 316.080 640 mm ...

  9. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    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 ...