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  2. Paris inch - Wikipedia

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    The Paris inch or pouce is an archaic unit of length that, among other uses, was common for giving the measurement of lenses. [1] The Paris inch could be subdivided into 12 Paris lines ( ligne ), and 12 Paris inches made a Paris foot . [ 1 ]

  3. Mesures usuelles - Wikipedia

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    The toise (fathom) was defined as exactly two metres and was as before divided into 6 pieds (or "feet") or 72 pouces (inches). The pouce was divided into 12 lignes (or "lines"). The pied and pouce , at precisely 333. 3 mm and 27. 7 mm, were about 2.6% larger than the previous Parisian measures and 9% larger than their English counterparts.

  4. Ligne - Wikipedia

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    The standardized conversion for a ligne is 2.2558291 mm (1 mm = 0.443296 ligne), [4] and it is abbreviated with the letter L or represented by the triple prime, ‴. [5] One ligne is the equivalent of 0.0888 international inch. This is comparable in size to the British measurement called "line" (one-twelfth of an English inch), used prior to ...

  5. Human parainfluenza viruses - Wikipedia

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    In immunosuppressed people, parainfluenza virus infections can cause severe pneumonia, which can be fatal. [ 19 ] HPIV-1 and HPIV-2 have been demonstrated to be the principal causative agent behind croup ( laryngotracheobronchitis ), which is a viral disease of the upper airway and is mainly problematic in children aged 6–48 months of age.

  6. Millimetre - Wikipedia

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    Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales.The microwave is between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.

  7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The millimetre (SI symbol: mm) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10 −3 metres (⁠ 1 / 1 000 ⁠ m = 0.001 m). To help compare different orders of magnitude , this section lists lengths between 10 −3 m and 10 −2 m (1 mm and 1 cm).

  8. Virus nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    Virus nanotechnology is the use of viruses as a source of nanoparticles for biomedical purposes. Viruses are made up of a genome and a capsid; and some viruses are enveloped. Most virus capsids measure between 20-500 nm in diameter. Because of their nanometer size dimensions, viruses have been considered as naturally occurring nanoparticles.

  9. French units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Paris meridian, which passes through the Observatoire de Paris. The metre was defined along this meridian using a survey that stretched from Dunkirk to Barcelona. The metric system of measure was first given a legal basis in 1795 by the French Revolutionary government. Article 5 of the law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795) defined ...