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2. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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   The basic unit of length in the imperial and U.S. customary systems is the yard, defined as exactly 0.9144 m by international treaty in 1959. [2] [10] Common imperial units and U.S. customary units of length include: [11] thou or mil (1 ⁄ 1000 of an inch) inch (25.4 mm) foot (12 inches, 0.3048 m) yard (3 feet, 0.9144 m)

3. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   The unit is used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge. Canonically, and originally, in 1958 when Smoot was a Lambda Chi Alpha pledge at MIT (class of 1962), the bridge was measured to be 364.4 Smoots, plus or minus one ear, using Mr. Smoot himself as a ruler. [17] At the time, Smoot was 5 feet, 7 inches, or 170 cm, tall. [18]

4. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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   The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, [10] giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 mm (10.6 in), on average. Archaeologists believe that, in the past, the people of Egypt , India , and Mesopotamia preferred the cubit , while the people of Rome , Greece , and China preferred ...

5. 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 ...

6. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   One brass is exactly 100 square feet (9.29 m 2) area (used in measurement of work done or to be done, such as plastering, painting, etc.). The same word is used, however, for 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3) of estimated or supplied loose material, such as sand, gravel, rubble, etc

7. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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   Metric prefixes; Text Symbol Factor or; yotta Y 10 24: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000: zetta Z 10 21: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000: exa E 10 18: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000: peta P 10 15: 1 000 000 000 000 000: tera T

8. World's Tallest Teenager Is Set to Make College Basketball ...

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   Then, in sixth grade, he was 6 feet, 11 inches. When he reached a height of 7 feet, 5 inches at the age of 15, the Guinness World Records named him the tallest teenager on the planet.

9. China's 7-foot-3 teen basketball star towers over her ... - AOL

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   At her current height of 7 foot 3 she is 3 inches shorter than Yao, 43, who was one of the tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association. Players in the Women’s National ...