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  2. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in ...

  3. 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)

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −3 m and 10 −2 m (1 mm and 1 cm). 1.0 mm – 1/1,000 of a meter; 1.0 mm – 0.03937 inches or 5/127 (exactly) 1.0 mm – side of a square of area 1 mm²; 1.0 mm – diameter of a pinhead; 1.5 mm – average length of a flea [27]

  5. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    ⁠ 1 / 33 ⁠ m: 3.030 cm ⁠ 1250 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 1.193 in Taiwanese inch; Same as Japanese Sun: Chhioh: Chhak: Chǐ: 尺: 1 ⁠ 10 / 33 ⁠ m: 30.30 cm ⁠ 12,500 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 11.93 in Taiwanese foot; Same as Japanese Shaku: Tn̄g: Chhong: Zhàng: 丈: 10 ⁠ 100 / 33 ⁠ m: 3.030 m ⁠ 125,000 / 37,719 ⁠ yd: 9 ft 11.3 in Taiwanese ...

  6. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. 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.

  7. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    This translates to a hoppus foot being equal to 1.273 cubic feet (2,200 in 3; 0.0360 m 3). The hoppus board foot, when milled, yields about one board foot. The volume yielded by the quarter-girth formula is 78.54% of cubic measure (i.e. 1 ft 3 = 0.7854 h ft; 1 h ft = 1.273 ft 3). [42]

  8. Centimetre - Wikipedia

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    Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales.The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. 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]

  9. Maltese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    ~13.1 cm ~5.156 in This unit is not in the 1921 act. xiber: xbar 1 ~26.19 cm ~10.31 in The Maltese hand span, equivalent to the foot. Exactly 10 + 5 ⁄ 16 imperial inches. qasba: qasab, qasbiet 8 ~2.096 m ~2.292 yd This is exactly 82 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches, or 6 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in. It corresponds to the fathom, but was used in both land and sea ...