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31 cm = 3.1 dm – wingspan of largest butterfly species Ornithoptera alexandrae; 32 cm – length of the Goliath frog, the world's largest frog; 46 cm = 4.6 dm – length of an average domestic cat; 50 to 65 cm = 5–6.5 dm – a coati's tail; 66 cm = 6.6 dm – length of the longest pine cones (produced by the sugar pine [117])
The metrication logo used in Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. Metrication in Canada began in 1970 and ceased in 1985. While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life.
[32] In 1946, the Commonwealth Science Congress recommended a yard of exactly 0.9144 metres for adoption throughout the British Commonwealth. This was adopted by Canada in 1951; [37] [38] the United States on 1 July 1959; [39] [40] [41] Australia in 1961, [42] effective 1 January 1964; [43] and the United Kingdom in 1963, [44] effective on 1 ...
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The main units of length (inch, foot, yard and international mile) were the same in the US, though the US rarely uses some of the intermediate units today, such as the (surveyor's) chain (22 yards) and the furlong (220 yards). At one time, the definition of the nautical mile was based on the surface area of the Clarke ellipsoid.