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  2. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  3. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    Metric prefixes; Text Symbol Factor or; yotta Y 10 24: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000: zetta Z 10 21: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000: exa E 10 18: 1 000 000 000 000 000 000: peta P 10 15: 1 000 000 000 000 000: tera T

  4. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    16–60 (N= m:583 f:315, SD= m:6.0 cm (2.4 in) f:9.4 cm (3.7 in)) — Measured: 2000 [120] Maldives: 164.7 cm (5 ft 5 in) 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) 1.08: 15–64 (N= m:661 f:1,103) 94.2%: Measured: 2011 [121] Mali – Southern Mali: 171.3 cm (5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 160.4 cm (5 ft 3 in) 1.07: Rural adults (N= m:121 f:320, SD= m:6.6 cm (2.6 in) f:5.7 cm ...

  5. Paris inch - Wikipedia

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    The term for telescopes persisted even in the 20th century, with a telescope listed in the 1909 Sears Roebuck catalog of having 25 lignes diameter aperture, or about 56 mm (5.6 cm). [5] The measurement SPI (Stitches per inch) for leather pricking irons and stitch marking wheels also commonly uses the Paris inch instead of the Imperial inch.

  6. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August, gave his height as 8 ft (240 cm), although he had reached a height of 8 ft 1.7 in (2.48 m), possibly 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm) by the time of his death. 1897–1921 (23) Brahim Takioullah: Morocco: 246 cm: 8 ft 1 in [25] Possesses the world's largest feet at 38 cm (1 ft 3 in). [26]

  7. Image sensor format - Wikipedia

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    Sizes are often expressed as a fraction of an inch, with a one in the numerator, and a decimal number in the denominator. For example, 1/2.5 converts to 2/5 as a simple fraction, or 0.4 as a decimal number. This "inch" system gives a result approximately 1.5 times the length of the diagonal of the sensor.

  8. 5-inch/38-caliber gun - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 81 As this gun's caliber is 5 inches (127mm), its barrel length is 38 times 5 inches: 190 inches (480 cm; 16 ft). Barrel description [5]: 160 Radially expanded monobloc steel alloy. Weight: 2,000 pounds (910 kilograms) The bore is chrome plated from the origin of rifling (forward end of the chamber) to the muzzle.

  9. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    3 + 7 ⁄ 24 × 5 + 5 ⁄ 6: 1.76: 2.77 × 4.88 ... The untrimmed sizes are 3 to 4 cm larger and rounded to the nearest centimetre. ... however, recognize inch-based ...