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  2. Finger (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth – 3 ⁄ 4 of an inch or 1 ⁄ 16 of a foot. [1] [2] (about 2 cm) In medicine and related disciplines (anatomy, radiology, etc.) the fingerbreadth (literally the width of a finger) is an informal but widely used unit of measure. [3] [4]

  3. Hand (unit) - Wikipedia

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    To convert inches to hands, the number in inches is divided by four, then the remainder is added after the radix point. Thus, a horse that measures 60 inches is 15 hands high (15 × 4 = 60) and a horse halfway between 15 and 16 hands is 15.2 hands, or 62 inches tall (15 × 4 + 2 = 62) [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Because the subdivision of a hand is a base 4 ...

  4. Digit (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A digit (lat. digitus, "finger"), when used as a unit of length, is usually a sixteenth of a foot or 3/4" (1.905 cm for the international inch). [6] The width of an adult human male finger tip is indeed about 2 centimetres.

  5. Cun (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A cun (Chinese: 寸 ts'wun; Pinyin cùn IPA |mi=), often glossed as the Chinese inch, is a traditional Chinese unit of length.Its traditional measure is the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle, whereas the width of the two forefingers denotes 1.5 cun and the width of four fingers (except the thumb) side-by-side is 3 cuns. [1]

  6. The life of the tallest man who ever lived is utterly ... - AOL

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    The world's tallest man was 3 feet tall as a toddler, could carry his father at age 9, and stretched to a fantastic height of 8 feet 11 inches.

  7. Historical Russian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    1 ⁄ 10 inch; cf. line: дюйм (перст) dyuym inch (finger) 1 ⁄ 28: 2.54 cm 1 inch ... (with somebody) – to have a long common experience with somebody ...

  8. Woman's toes look just like fingers, internet loses it - AOL

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    Though the woman reports that she is only 151cm, or 4' 11", tall, an image in her blog post shows one of her lengthy metatarsals clocking in at an impressive 5cm, or 2in.

  9. Doctors Explain the Real Reason Fingers Get Pruney in Water - AOL

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    Doctors share why fingers get pruney in water, including causes of wrinkled fingers and toes, treatments, and the theory behind the evolutionary response.