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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    174 cm (5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 161.4 cm ... Height measurement can vary over the course of a day, due to factors such as a decrease from exercise done directly before ...

  3. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Human 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.

  4. Book size - Wikipedia

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    Traditional book sizes/formats used in English-speaking countries. Based on the 19-by-24-inch or 482.5-by-609.5-millimetre printing paper size, which equals two folio leaves, four quarto leaves, eight octavo leaves, etc. For comparison, common American letter size is shown in green. Books made by printing two pages of text on each side of a ...

  5. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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    Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property ...

  6. Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the ...

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    Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election, will either become the second shortest president or second shortest unsuccessful candidate at a height of 5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (164 cm). [3] The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the candidates whose heights are known) was in the 1860 election, when ...

  7. Mexican units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A number of units were used. One vara (lit. "pole", "yard") was equal to 0.838 m (32.99 inches) as it was legally defined also use inches and feet. [ 1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below: 1 linea (lit. "line") = 1⁄432 vara. 1 pulgada (lit. "thumbful", "inch") = 1⁄36 vara. 1 pie (lit. "foot") = 1⁄3 vara.

  8. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    The most common size category. For women of about average height (5 ft 4 in) with an average bust height and an hourglass figure. Dress sizes may be given as girth at the bust in inches (e.g., 36), but even-numbered sizes from 2 to 16 are more common. Categorical sizes range from XS (extra-small) to XL (extra-large).

  9. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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    The product should not be labelled with the average body dimension for which the garment was designed (i.e., not "height: 176 cm."). Instead, the label should show the range of body dimensions from half the step size below to half the step size above the design size (e.g., "height: 172–180 cm.").