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2. Letter (paper size) - Wikipedia

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   The precise origins of the dimensions of US letter-size paper (8.5 × 11 in) are not known. The American Forest & Paper Association says that the standard US dimensions have their origin in the days of manual papermaking, the 11-inch length of the standard paper being about a quarter of "the average maximum stretch of an experienced vatman's arms". [2]

3. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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   Similarly, two sheets of A4 can be scaled down to fit one A4 sheet without excess empty paper. This system also simplifies calculating the weight of paper. Under ISO 536, paper's grammage is defined as a sheet's mass in grams (g) per area in square metres (unit symbol g/m 2; the nonstandard abbreviation "gsm" is also used). [5]

4. Paper size - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, a number of different sizes were defined for large sheets of paper, and paper sizes were defined by the sheet name and the number of times it had been folded. Thus a full sheet of "royal" paper was 25 × 20 inches, and "royal octavo" was this size folded three times, so as to make eight sheets, and was thus 10 × 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 ...

5. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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   US Paper Sizes Size Width x Height (mm) Width x Height (in) Aspect Ratio Half Letter 140 x 216 5.5 x 8.5 1:1.5455 Letter 216 x 279 8.5 x 11.0 1:1.2941 Legal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14.0 1:1.6471 Junior Legal 127 x 203 5.0 x 8.0 1:1.6000 Ledger/Tabloid 279 x 432 11.0 x 17.0 1:1.5455

6. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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   Point Metric size American system Continental system Chinese system American [4] British [1] French [5] German [6] Dutch Character Pinyin Meaning 1 ≈ 0.353 mm: American [a] ...

7. List of Friends and Joey characters - Wikipedia

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   Various characters appeared in the sitcom Friends and its spin-off series Joey, which respectively aired for ten seasons and two seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2006. [1] Friends featured six main cast members: Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), and Ross Geller (David ...