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  2. Ship measurements - Wikipedia

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    Length between perpendiculars – The distance between where the forward part cuts the waterline and the rudder post of the ship. Length Overall (LOA) – The maximum length of the ship between the ship's extreme points; important for berthing purposes. Length at Waterline (LWL) – The ship's length measured at the waterline.

  3. Length - Wikipedia

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    Length is commonly understood to mean the most extended dimension of a fixed object. [1] However, this is not always the case and may depend on the position the object is in. Various terms for the length of a fixed object are used, and these include height, which is vertical length or vertical extent, width, breadth, and depth.

  4. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Horses are used to measure distances in horse racing – a horse length (shortened to merely a length when the context makes it obvious) equals roughly 8 feet or 2.4 metres. Shorter distances are measured in fractions of a horse length; also common are measurements of a full or fraction of a head, a neck, or a nose. [10]

  5. List of human-based units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Lichas - thumb length. This is a list of units of measurement based on human body parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human-based. These units are thus considered to be human scale and anthropocentric.

  6. Apple Lesson of the Day: Product Depth vs. Breadth - AOL

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    Compare that to its Google (NAS: GOOG) Android and Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) Windows Phone OEM competitors, which flood the market in comparison. Including older models, Apple currently offers three ...

  7. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Leg-to-body ratio is seen as indicator of physical attractiveness but there appears to be no accepted definition of leg-length: the 'perineum to floor' measure [e] is the most used but arguably the distance from ankle bone to outer hip bone is more rigorous. [12]

  8. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Length of an average flea is 1–10 mm (usually <5 mm) [27] 2.54 mm One-tenth inch; distance between pins in DIP (dual-inline-package) electronic components 5.70 mm Diameter of the projectile in 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition 10 −2: 1 centimeter 20 mm Approximate width of an adult human finger: 54 mm × 86 mm

  9. Builder's Old Measurement - Wikipedia

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    Length is the length (undefined), in feet; Beam is the beam, in feet. Depth is the depth of the hold, in feet below the main deck. The numerator yields the ship's volume expressed in cubic feet. If a "tun" is deemed to be equivalent to 100 cubic feet, then the tonnage is simply the number of such 100 cubic feet 'tun' units of volume.