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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    18.44 meters – distance between the front of the pitcher's rubber and the rear point of home plate on a baseball field (60 feet, 6 inches) [126] 20 meters – length of cricket pitch (22 yards) [127] 27.43 meters – distance between bases on a baseball field (90 feet) 28 meters – length of a standard FIBA basketball court; 28.65 meters ...

  3. Mile - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch kleine mile had the historical definition of one hour's walking (uur gaans), which was defined as 24 stadia, 3000 paces, or 15,000 Amsterdam or Rhineland feet (respectively 4,250 m or 4,710 m). The common Dutch mile was 32 stadia, 4,000 paces, or 20,000 feet (5,660 m or 6,280 m). The large mile was defined as 5000 paces. [41]

  4. Acre-foot - Wikipedia

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    Since an acre is defined as a chain by a furlong (i.e. 66 ft × 660 ft or 20.12 m × 201.17 m), an acre-foot is 43,560 cubic feet (1,233.5 m 3). There has been two definitions of the acre-foot (differing by about 0.0006%), using either the international foot (0.3048 m) or a U.S. survey foot (exactly ⁠ 1200 / 3937 ⁠ meters since

  5. Mars Climate Orbiter - Wikipedia

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    The Mars Climate Orbiter bus measured 2.1 meters (6 feet 11 inches) tall, 1.6 meters (5 feet 3 inches) wide and 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) deep. The internal structure was largely constructed with graphite composite/aluminum honeycomb supports, a design found in many commercial airplanes .

  6. 1987 Teton–Yellowstone tornado - Wikipedia

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    Damage occurred at elevations ranging from 8,500 to 10,000 feet (2,600 to 3,000 m), making it the highest-altitude violent tornado recorded in the United States. [2] At the time, it was the highest-elevation tornado known, [ 5 ] since surpassed by several others, including a 2004 tornado above 12,000 feet (3,700 m) in California 's Sequoia ...

  7. Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin) - Wikipedia

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    5 feet (1.5 m) Max. depth: 7 feet (2.1 m) Water volume: 30,677 acre-feet (37,840,000 m 3) [1] Shore length 1: 41.20 miles (66.30 km) Surface elevation: 869 feet (265 m) Islands: 26: Settlements: Beaver Dam, South Beaver Dam, Sunset Beach, Beaver Edge, Fox Lake Junction: 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

  8. Metre per second - Wikipedia

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    The benz, named in honour of Karl Benz, has been proposed as a name for one metre per second. [10] Although it has seen some support as a practical unit, [11] primarily from German sources, [10] it was rejected as the SI unit of velocity [12] and has not seen widespread use or acceptance.

  9. Katha (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In Bihar, one Katha may vary from 720 to 3,267 square feet (ft 2). 1 Bigha = 20 Katha. One katha is divided in 20 dhur. One dhur is subdivided in 20 dhurki. The origin of the term and measurement unit was during the Pala Empire. [1] 1 Decimal = 435.6 square feet & 1 Acre = 100 decimal. [2] [3] In Patna & Arrah, 1 Katha is equal to 1,361.25 ft 2 ...