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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. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    The basic unit of length in the imperial and U.S. customary systems is the yard, defined as exactly 0.9144 m by international treaty in 1959. [2] [5] Common imperial units and U.S. customary units of length include: [6] thou or mil (1 ⁄ 1000 of an inch) inch (25.4 mm) foot (12 inches, 0.3048 m) yard (3 feet, 0.9144 m)

  4. 6′.2″ - Wikipedia

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    6'.2" (6 feet, 2 inches) is a 2005 Indian Tamil language thriller film directed by V. Senthil Kumar. The film stars Sathyaraj , newcomer Sunitha Varma and Vadivelu , whilst music for the film was composed by D. Imman .

  5. Fathom - Wikipedia

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    Miners also use it as a unit of area equal to 6 feet square (3.34 m 2) in the plane of a vein. [2] In Britain, it can mean the quantity of wood in a pile of any length measuring 6 feet (1.8 m) square in cross section. [2] In Central Europe, the klafter was the corresponding unit of comparable length, as was the toise in France.

  6. 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.

  7. Arm span - Wikipedia

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    Arm span or reach (sometimes referred to as wingspan, or spelled armspan) is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90° angle.

  8. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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    Brannock spent two years developing a simple means of measuring the length, width, and arch length of the human foot. He eventually improved on the wooden RITZ Stick, the industry standard of the day, [ 2 ] patenting his first prototype in 1925 [ 3 ] and an improved version in 1927. [ 1 ]

  9. Scale length (string instruments) - Wikipedia

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    Concert grand pianos range in scale from about 7 feet 6 inches to 9 feet 0 inches (229 to 274 cm) or occasionally more. Notable concert grands include: The Steinway Model D, at 8 feet 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (273.7 cm). The Imperial Bösendorfer, at 9 feet 6 inches (290 cm) with 97 keys. The Fazioli F308 at 10 feet 2 inches (310 cm).