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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo da Vinci drew the Vitruvian Man within a square of side 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) and a circle about 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) in radius. To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between one meter and ten meters. Light, in vacuum, travels 1 meter in 1 ⁄ 299,792,458, or 3.3356409519815E-9 of a second.

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    = 10 3 Pa = 1 kPa pound per square foot: psf ≡ 1 lbf/ft 2: ≈ 47.880 26 Pa [33] pound per square inch: psi ≡ 1 lbf/in 2: ≈ 6.894 757 × 10 3 Pa [33] poundal per square foot: pdl/sq ft1 pdl/sq ft1.488 164 Pa [33] short ton per square foot: ≡ 1 short ton × g 0 / 1 sq ft ≈ 9.576 0518 × 10 4 Pa: torr: torr ≡ 101 325 ⁄ 760 ...

  4. Square metre - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1 kilometre is 10 3 (one thousand) times the length of 1 metre, but 1 square kilometre is (10 3) 2 (10 6, one million) times the area of 1 square metre, and 1 cubic kilometre is (10 3) 3 (10 9, one billion) cubic metres.

  5. Square (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The square is an Imperial unit of area that is used in the construction industry in the United States and Canada, [1] and was historically used in Australia. One square is equal to 100 square feet. Examples where the unit is used are roofing shingles, metal roofing, vinyl siding, and fibercement siding products.

  6. List of city squares by size - Wikipedia

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    Approx. 125 by 125 m (410 by 410 ft) Tomáš Baťa Square: Sezimovo Ústí Czech Republic: 15,600 168,000: 205 by 77 m (673 by 253 ft) Mírové Square: Litoměřice Czech Republic: 15,500 167,000: 195 by 90 by 180 by 75 m (640 by 295 by 591 by 246 ft) 1220s [57] Velké Square: Hradec Králové Czech Republic: 15,500 167,000

  7. Taiwanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 10 ⁠ 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 ...

  8. String girdling Earth - Wikipedia

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    [1] This diagram gives a visual analogue using a square: regardless of the size of the square, the added perimeter is the sum of the four blue arcs, a circle with the same radius as the offset. More formally, let c be the Earth's circumference, r its radius, Δc the added string length and Δr the added radius.

  9. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The Greek foot (πούς, pous) had a length of ⁠ 1 / 600 ⁠ of a stadion, [12] one stadion being about 181.2 m (594 ft); [13] therefore a foot was, at the time, about 302 mm (11.9 in). Its exact size varied from city to city and could range between 270 mm (10.6 in) and 350 mm (13.8 in), but lengths used for temple construction appear to ...