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  2. Pace (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States the pace is an uncommon customary unit of length denoting a brisk single step and equal to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet or 30.0 inches or 76.2 centimetres. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Ancient Roman pace ( Latin : passus ) was notionally the distance of a full stride from the position of one heel where it raised off of the ground to where it set ...

  3. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    From 1630 to 1718 a millia was 5,564 feet (1,696 metres), making a geographical league of four millias equal 22,256 feet (6,784 m or 3.663 modern nautical miles). But from 1718 through the 1830s the millia was defined as the equivalent of just over 5,210 feet, giving a shorter geographical league of just over 20,842 feet (6,353 m or 3.430 ...

  4. How Many Steps Are in a Mileā€”and Why That Even Matters - AOL

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    "There are about 2,000 steps in a mile with an approximate stride length of 2 feet-ish," says Colleen M. Brough, PT, DPT, ... Why Knowing How Many Steps Are in a Mile Matters .

  5. Mile - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish mile was standardised as 36,000 Swedish feet or 10.6884 kilometres (6.6415 miles) in 1649; before that it varied by province from about 6 to 14.485 km. [43] Before metrication, the Norwegian mile was 11.298 kilometres (7.020 miles).

  6. Chain (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The UK statute chain is 22 yards, which is 66 feet (20.1168 m). This unit is a statute measure in the United Kingdom, defined in the Weights and Measures Act 1985. [6] One link is a hundredth part of a chain, which is 7.92 inches (20.1168 cm).

  7. Nepalese customary units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    4 kosh = 1 yojan = 9 miles = 14.48 km; Land area In Nepal, for land area measurements two types of unit systems are used. ... sq.feet sq.meter khetmuri 1: 1.877914952 ...

  8. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    For measuring length, the U.S. customary system uses the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use.From 1893, the foot was legally defined as exactly 1200 ⁄ 3937 m (approximately 0.304 8006 m). [13]

  9. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in ...