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  2. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    0.3048 m. 30.48 cm. 304.8 mm. The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1][2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  3. American football field - Wikipedia

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    The rectangular field of play used for American football games measures 100 yards (91.44 m) long between the goal lines, and 160 feet (48.8 m) (53.3 yards) wide. The field may be made of grass or artificial turf. In addition, there are end zones extending another 10 yards (9.144 m) past the goal lines to the "end lines", for a total length of ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    15.24 metres – width of an NBA basketball court (50 feet) 18.44 metres – distance between the front of the pitcher's rubber and the rear point of home plate on a baseball field (60 feet, 6 inches) [112] 20 metres – length of cricket pitch (22 yards) [113] 27.43 metres – distance between bases on a baseball field (90 feet)

  5. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The American football field, which has a playing area 100 yards (91.4 m) long by 160 feet (48.8 m) wide. This is often used by the American public media for the sizes of large buildings or parks. It is used both as a unit of length (100 yd or 91.4 m, the length of the playing field excluding goal areas) and as a unit of area (57,600 sq ft or ...

  6. Metre - Wikipedia

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    The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

  7. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    About 2 acre-feet. There must be two spaces 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide outside lanes 1 and 8 (in effect, two empty lanes). [ 3 ] The length of 50 metres (164 ft) must be between the touch pads at the end of each lane, if they are used. [ 3 ]

  8. Football pitch - Wikipedia

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    The two goal lines are between 50 and 100 yards (46 and 91 metres) wide and have to be of the same length. [4] The two touchlines are between 100 and 130 yards (91 and 119 metres) long and have to be of the same length. [4] All lines on the ground are equally wide, not to exceed 12 centimetres (5 inches). [4]

  9. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal pitch (HP) is a unit of length defined by the Eurocard printed circuit board standard used to measure the horizontal width of rack mounted electronic equipment, similar to the rack unit (U) used to measure vertical heights of rack mounted equipment. One HP is 0.2 inches (1/5") or 5.08 millimetres wide.