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  2. Yarn weight - Wikipedia

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    Measure the number of wraps per inch (2.5 cm). For better accuracy, measure the wraps at the center of your yarn sample. The number of wraps will act as a gauge to assess the thickness of unmarked yarn; for example 12 wraps per inch is 12 WPI, and is used to calculate how much yarn is required for various articles, [ 3 ] so that 12 is ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The corresponding metric inch of 25 millimetres (0.984 in) was used for pin spacing in Soviet microchips, which were often cloned from Western designs but scaled down slightly from US customary inches to metric inches. This led to incompatibility issues in the Soviet computer market. [9]

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    10.16 cm = 1.016 dm – 1 hand used in measuring height of horses (4 inches) 12 cm = 1.2 dm – diameter of a compact disc (CD) (= 120 mm) 15 cm = 1.5 dm – length of a Bic pen with cap on; 22 cm = 2.2 dm – diameter of a typical association football (soccer ball) 30 cm = 3 dm – typical school-use ruler length (= 300 mm)

  5. Pica (typography) - Wikipedia

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    The American pica of 0.16604 inches (4.217 mm). It was established by the United States Type Founders' Association in 1886. [1] [2] In TeX one pica is 400 ⁄ 2,409 of an inch. The contemporary computer PostScript pica is exactly 1 ⁄ 6 of an inch or 1 ⁄ 72 of a foot, i.e. 4.2 3 mm or 0.1 6 in.

  6. Inch of water - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of water of 1 inch in height at defined conditions. At a temperature of 4 °C (39.2 °F) pure water has its highest density (1000 kg/m 3). At that temperature and assuming the standard acceleration of gravity, 1 inAq is approximately 249.082 pascals (0.0361263 psi). [2]

  7. Shelton, Washington - Wikipedia

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    Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. [6] Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound.The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census.

  8. Snow - Wikipedia

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    The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground defines "height of new snow" as the depth of freshly fallen snow, in centimeters as measured with a ruler, that accumulated on a snowboard during an observation period of 24 hours, or other observation interval.

  9. Taylor, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Taylor is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.It was founded by settlers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in January 1878, several months before the neighboring community of Snowflake.