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  2. Finger (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Finger is also the name of a longer unit of length, used historically in cloth measurement, to mean one eighth of a yard or 4 ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ inches. [8] [10] (114.3 mm) Again, which finger and whose finger, is not defined. These units have no legal status but remain in use for 'rough and ready' comparisons.

  3. Digit ratio - Wikipedia

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    The 2D:4D ratio is calculated by dividing the length of the index finger by the length of the ring finger of the same hand. Other digit ratios are also calculated similarly in the same hand. The digit length is typically measured on the palmar (ventral, "palm-side") hand, from the midpoint of the bottom crease to the tip of the finger. [8]

  4. 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.

  5. Man's finger length reveals how he treats women, study says - AOL

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    Researchers at McGill University in Canada examined the hands of 155 adult men and women, measuring the length of their ring fingers and pointer fingers. Man's finger length reveals how he treats ...

  6. Digit (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits (English: respectively "finger" and "toe", German: "Finger" and "Zeh", French: "doigt" and "orteil").. In other languages, e.g. Arabic, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Tagalog, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Persian, there are no specific one-word names for fingers and toes; these are called "digit of the hand" or ...

  7. A man's finger length could reveal if he's a good date - AOL

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    Forget his eyes. When looking for the perfect date, check out his hands. A new study says men with masculinized digit ratios show greater courtship-related consumption. In simpler terms, a man's ...

  8. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Polykleitos may have used the distal phalanx of the little finger as the basic module for determining the proportions of the human body, scaling this length up repeatedly by √ 2 to obtain the ideal size of the other phalanges, the hand, forearm, and upper arm in turn. [20]

  9. Finger - Wikipedia

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    The muscle bulks that move each finger may be partly blended, and the tendons may be attached to each other by a net of fibrous tissue, preventing completely free movement. Although each finger seems to move independently, moving one finger also moves the other fingers slightly which is called finger interdependence or finger enslaving. [14 ...