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  2. Hand (unit) - Wikipedia

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    10.16 cm. The hand is a non- SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 in (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses in many English-speaking countries, including Australia, [ 1] Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [ 2] It was originally based on the breadth of a human hand.

  3. Inch - Wikipedia

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    12 ⁠ ft. Metric ( SI) units. 25.4 mm. A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch. The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠ 1 36 ⁠ yard or ⁠ 1 12 ⁠ of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is also sometimes used to ...

  4. Irish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    0.7 cm 1/4 inch ordlach: thumb-length 1 ⁄ 12: 2.1 cm 0.8 in bas: palm 1 ⁄ 3: 8.4 cm 3.3 in dorn: fist 5 ⁄ 12 or 1 ⁄ 2: 10.4 or 12.5 cm 4 or 5 in troighid: foot 1 25 cm 9.9 in céim: step 2.5 62.5 cm 2 ft 1 in deiscéim[m] double-step 6 1.5 m 4 ft 11 in fertach: rod 12 3 m 9 ft 10 in forrach: 144 36 m 39.4 yards

  5. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    The last is typically longer than the foot heel to toe length by 4 ⁄ 3 cm (13.33 mm) to 5 ⁄ 3 cm (16.67 mm), or 2 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 Paris points, so to determine the shoe size based on actual foot length one must add 2 Paris points. Because a Paris point is 2 ⁄ 3 of a centimetre, a centimetre is 3 ⁄ 2 Paris points, and the formula is as ...

  7. Image sensor format - Wikipedia

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    Sizes are often expressed as a fraction of an inch, with a one in the numerator, and a decimal number in the denominator. For example, 1/2.5 converts to 2/5 as a simple fraction, or 0.4 as a decimal number. This "inch" system gives a result approximately 1.5 times the length of the diagonal of the sensor.

  8. Configuration management - Wikipedia

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    Configuration management ( CM) is a management process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life. [1] [2] The CM process is widely used by military engineering organizations to manage changes ...

  9. BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun - Wikipedia

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    Maximum firing range. 38,600 yd (35,300 m) at 40° with new linings, or 36,500 yd (33,400 m) at 40.7° (25% wear) The BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun [2] was a breech loading (BL) gun designed for the battleships of the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. This gun armed the King George V -class battleships during the Second World War .