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Human height. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2][3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system. [4][5] In the early ...
The second-tallest unsuccessful candidate is John Kerry at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm). The shortest unsuccessful presidential candidate is Stephen A. Douglas at 5 ft 4 in (163 cm). The next shortest is Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 election and is 5 ft 41⁄2 in (164 cm). The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the ...
0.3048 m. 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.
1 / 36 yd or 1 / 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 ...
Claims of being 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. 1962–1991 (29) United States: 251 cm 8 ft 3 in Annie Irwin Born in Chicago. Claimed to be 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), not confirmed. [240] c. 1919 Sweden: 250.2 cm 8 ft 2.5 in Donald McGregor Donald McGregor was touring with the Foley and Burk shows in 1916.
A centimetre or centimeter (US/Philippine spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of 1 100 . [1] Equivalently, there are 100 centimetres in 1 metre. The centimetre was the base unit of length in the now deprecated ...
A royal cubit (gaz-i shāhī) appeared in the 17th century with 95 cm (37 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), while a "shortened" cubit (gaz-i mukassar) of 6.8 cm (2 + 11 ⁄ 16 in) (likely derived from the widely used cloth cubit of Aleppo) was used for cloth. [27] The measure survived into the 20th century, with 1 gaz equal to 104 cm (41 in). [27]
1 / 3 ft. 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.