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  2. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    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. ... (165–168 cm) tall, average bust ...

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    22 cm = 2.2 dm – diameter of a typical association football (soccer ball) 30 cm = 3 dm – typical school-use ruler length (= 300 mm) 30.48 cm = 3.048 dm – 1 foot (measure) 60 cm = 6 dm – standard depth (front to back) of a domestic kitchen worktop in Europe (= 600 mm) 90 cm = 9 dm – average length of a rapier, a fencing sword [30]

  4. Human height - Wikipedia

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    In the first half of the eighteenth century, the average height of an English male was 165 cm (5 ft 5 in), and the average height of an Irish male was 168 cm (5 ft 6 in), according to a study by economist John Komlos and Francesco Cinnirella. The estimated mean height of English, German, and Scottish soldiers was 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) − 165 cm ...

  5. Brannock Device - Wikipedia

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    Brannock Device [1] Brannock Device at shoe museum in Zlín, Czechia. The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size.

  6. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    168.2 cm (5 ft 6 in) 155.3 cm (5 ft 1 in) 1.08: 18–69 (N= m:1,979 f:1,687) 97.2%: Measured: 2018 [11] Albania: 176.6 cm (5 ft 9 + 1 ...

  7. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    Thickness of aluminum foil is measured in mils (1 ⁄ 1000 inch, or 0.0254 mm) in the United States. Cross-sectional area of electrical wire is measured in circular mils in the U.S. and Canada, one circular mil (cmil) being equal to 5.067 × 10 −4 mm 2 (or 7.854 × 10 −7 in 2 ).

  8. Inch - Wikipedia

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    Subdivisions of an inch are typically written using dyadic fractions with odd number numerators; for example, two and three-eighths of an inch would be written as ⁠2 + 3 / 8 ⁠ ″ and not as 2.375″ nor as ⁠2 + 6 / 16 ⁠ ″. However, for engineering purposes fractions are commonly given to three or four places of decimals and have been ...

  9. 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 ...