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  2. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    There are several ISO standards for size designation of clothes, but most of them are being revised and replaced by one of the parts of ISO 8559 which closely resembles European Standard EN 13402: ISO 3635:1981, Size designation of clothes: Definitions and body measurement procedure (withdrawn, replaced by ISO 8559-1)

  3. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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    The joint European standard for size labelling of clothes, formally known as the EN 13402 Size designation of clothes, is a European standard for labelling clothes sizes. The standard is based on body dimensions measured in centimetres , and as such, and its aim is to make it easier for people to find clothes in sizes that fit them.

  4. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the calculation for a children's shoe size in the UK is: child shoe size (barleycorns) = 3 × last length (in) − 12. equivalent to: child shoe size (barleycorns) ≈ 3 × foot length (in) − 10. An adult size one is then the next size up (26 barleycorns, or 8 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (22.01 cm)) and each size up continues the progression in ...

  5. Bed size - Wikipedia

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    As well as customary UK sizes, some common European sizes can be found in the UK from imports and IKEA. [ 20 ] [ 26 ] The typical length of an IKEA and other European mattresses is 200 cm (79 in), whereas UK lengths vary depending on the width of the mattress, being usually either 191 or 198 cm (75 or 78 in). [ 27 ]

  6. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt , India , and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit , while the people of Rome , Greece , and China preferred ...

  7. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    The main railways in Great Britain use the international standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) but the loading gauge is narrower and lower than in the rest of Europe with the same standard gauge. This is one of the main reasons why the country has traditionally used its own distinctive model railway scales which can rarely be found ...

  8. Metrication in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    When James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne in 1603, England and Scotland had different systems of measure. Superficially the English and the Scots units of measure were similar – many had the same names – but there were differences in their sizes: in particular the Scots pint and gallon were more than twice the size of their English counterparts. [3]

  9. Bra size - Wikipedia

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    In this sense the method to determine European sizes differ compared to English systems where the cup sizes are determined by bust measurement compared to bra band size. European cups increase for every additional 2 cm in difference between bust and underbust measurement, instead of 2.5 cm or 1-inch, and except for the initial cup size letters ...