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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    11 cm = 1.1 dm – length of an average potato in the US; 13 cm = 1.3 dm – body length of a Goliath birdeater; 15 cm = 1.5 dm – approximate size of largest beetle species; 19 cm = 1.9 dm – length of a banana; 26.3 cm = 2.6 dm – length of average male human foot; 29.98 cm = 2.998 dm – distance light in vacuum travels in one nanosecond

  3. Template:Height - Wikipedia

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    The template is intended for conversion of heights specified in either metres or in feet and inches. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Metres m metre metres meter meters The height in metres. Do not use if feet and inches are specified. Number optional Centimetres cm centimetre centimetres centimeter centimeters The height in centimetres. Do not use if ...

  4. Weights and Measures Act (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    ≈ 32.48 cm arpent, as a measure of length: 180 feet (French measure) ≈ 58.47 m arpent, as a measure of area: 32 400 square feet (French measure) ≈ 3,418.89 m 2: perch, as a measure of length: 18 feet (French measure) ≈ 5.85 m perch, as a measure of area: 324 square feet (French measure) ≈ 34.19 m 2

  5. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    It is equivalent to (10 cm) 3 = (1 dm) 3 = 10 −3 m 3. Many non-SI units continue to be used in the scientific, technical, and commercial literature. Some units are deeply embedded in history and culture, and their use has not been entirely replaced by their SI alternatives.

  6. Danish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    the Danish pound (pund) as 1 ⁄ 62 of the weight of a cubic Rhineland foot of water (499.7 g) the Danish ell ( alen ) as 2 Rhineland feet (630 mm) Rømer also suggested a pendulum definition for the foot (although this would not be implemented until after his death), and invented an early temperature scale.

  7. English units - Wikipedia

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    From the time of Offa King of Mercia (8th century) until 1526 the Saxon pound, also known as the moneyers' pound (and later known as the Tower pound) was the fundamental unit of weight (by Offa's law, one pound of silver, by weight, was subdivided into 240 silver pennies, hence (in money) 240 pence – twenty shillings – was known as one pound).

  8. Dimensional weight - Wikipedia

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    5000 cm 3 /kg <=> 200 kg/m 3; 6000 cm 3 /kg <=> 166.667 kg/m 3; 7000 cm 3 /kg <=> 142.857 kg/m 3; When calculating the dimensional weight with metric measurements, the length, width, and height are measured in centimeters (cm) and the result is stated in a nominal kilogram (kg) dimensional weight band (usually rounded up). [4]

  9. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The kayser (K) is a unit of wavenumber equal to 1 cm −1 (100 m −1). The gal (Gal) is a unit of acceleration equal to 1 cm/s 2. [3] The dyne (dyn) is a unit of force equal to 1 g⋅cm⋅s −2 (10 μN). [3] The barye (Ba) is a unit of pressure equal to 1 dyn⋅cm −2 (100 mPa). The erg (erg) is a unit of energy equal to 1 dyn⋅cm (100 nJ). [3]