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  2. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    As a result, O'Brien and Shelton's work was rejected. In 1958, the National Bureau of Standards invented a new sizing system, based on the hourglass figure and using only the bust size to create an arbitrary standard of sizes ranging from 8 to 38, with an indication for height (short, regular, and tall) and lower-body girth (plus or minus). The ...

  3. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    Before the invention of clothing sizes in the early 1800s, all clothing was made to fit individuals by either tailors or makers of clothing in their homes. Then garment makers noticed that the range of human body dimensions was relatively small (for their demographic).

  4. Sturmabteilung - Wikipedia

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    SA-Standarten operated in every major German city and were split into even smaller units, known as Sturmbanne and Stürme. The command nexus for the entire SA was the Oberste SA-Führung, located in Stuttgart. The SA supreme command had many sub-offices to handle supply, finance and recruiting. The SA also had several military training units.

  5. South African units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Rhynland rood (Rijnlandse roede) was a standard Dutch measurement.It was changed in 1859 to the "Cape Foot" due to a drift in standards. 1 Rhynland foot (Rijnlandse voet) = 12 Rhynland inches (Rijnlandse duim) = 1.030 English feet.

  6. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    The shoe size is directly proportional to the length of the foot in the chosen unit of measurement. Sizes of children's, men's, and women's shoes, as well as sizes of different types of shoes, can be compared directly. This is used with the Mondopoint system (USSR/Russia and East Asia). Size 0 as the length of the shoe's inner cavity of 0.

  7. File:Shoesize-adult-en.svg - Wikipedia

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  8. Surface-area-to-volume ratio - Wikipedia

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    The relation between SA:V and diffusion or heat conduction rate is explained from flux and surface perspective, focusing on the surface of a body as the place where diffusion, or heat conduction, takes place, i.e., the larger the SA:V there is more surface area per unit volume through which material can diffuse, therefore, the diffusion or heat ...

  9. Sa (Islamic measure) - Wikipedia

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    A Sa of raw grain is 2.3 kilograms according to the Hanbali, Maliki & Shafi'i schools of thought. A Mudd of raw grain is 510 grams according to the Hanbali, Maliki & Shafi'i schools of thought. 2.3 kilograms of grain is about 3 liters, this being the minimum amount of water to perform a valid Ghusl (full body ablution) 60 Sa = 1 Wask