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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Height of the Salto Angel, the world's highest free-falling waterfall 10 3: 1 kilometer 2.3 km Length of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world [34] [35] 3.1 km Narrowest width of the Strait of Messina, separating Italy and Sicily: 8.848 km Height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth 10 4: 10 km: 10.9 km

  3. Tree measurement - Wikipedia

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    Errors associated with this mistake may yield measurements that are off many tens of feet and some errors of over forty feet and more have made it onto various champion tree lists, and in at least two cases, the errors have exceeded 60 feet. [15] [16] Sine height measurement. A third remote method is called the sine-height method or ENTS method.

  4. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Therefore with a 12-gauge, it would take 12 balls of lead of the same size as the 12 gauge shotgun's inner bore diameter to weigh 1 pound (453.6 g). [5] The term is related to the measurement of cannons, which were also measured by the weight of their iron round shot; an eight-pounder would fire an 8-pound (3.6 kg) ball. Therefore, a 12 gauge ...

  5. Metre - Wikipedia

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    The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

  6. List of United States records in masters athletics - Wikipedia

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    5.88 m (19 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in)i Jeff Hartwig: 1967-Sep-25 36 Jonesboro, Arkansas 2004-Feb-22 5.86 m (19 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Jeff Hartwig: 1967-Sep-25 36 Jonesboro, Arkansas 2004-Jul-04 40-44 5.70 m (18 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Jeff Hartwig: 1967-Sep-25 40 Eugene, Oregon 2008-Jun-29 Olympic Trials [45] 45-49 5.14 m (16 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in)i Paul Babbits ...

  7. Metrication in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Transport infrastructure standards were metricated using soft conversions, as part of the general metrication of the engineering industry. The standard railway track gauge, fixed at 4 feet 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (1,435.1 mm) in 1845, [94] was redefined as 1,435 mm [95] – a nominal decrease of 0.1 mm but within the engineering tolerances.

  8. Academic grading in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Grade Point Description Notes 10.00 Excellent (Istimewa)Highest grade; rarely given 9.00–9.99 Very Good (Baik Sekali)Highest common grade 8.00–8.99 Good (Baik)7.00–7.99

  9. Union County, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Of the 2,938 households, 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 27.9% were non-families, and 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.99.