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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. Hawaiian scale - Wikipedia

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    Thus, a "3-foot" wave is roughly six feet high (in actuality a height of ~1.8 m), i.e., head-high to a 6-foot (~180 cm) person; a "2-foot" wave is roughly four feet high (height of ~1.2 m), i.e., chest-high to such a person; and a "6- to 8-foot" wave would be 2 to approaching 3 times head-high to such a person (height of ~3.5 to 5 m). As wave ...

  4. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    180.3 cm (5 ft 11 in) 167.4 cm (5 ft 6 in) 1.08: 19: 0.2% [174] Measured: 2011 [175] Solomon Islands: 166.4 cm (5 ft 5 + 1 ...

  5. Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the ...

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    5 ft 11 in 180 cm: 4 in 10 cm 1892: Grover Cleveland: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: Benjamin Harrison: 5 ft 6 in 168 cm: 5 in 13 cm 1888: Benjamin Harrison: 5 ft 6 in 168 cm: Grover Cleveland: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: 5 in 13 cm 1884: Grover Cleveland: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: James G. Blaine [67] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: 0 in 0 cm 1880: James A. Garfield: 6 ft 0 in 183 cm

  6. List of shortest players in NBA history - Wikipedia

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    The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001. The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early , a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one ...

  7. Template:Height - Wikipedia

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    The template is intended for conversion of heights specified in either metres or in feet and inches. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Metres m metre metres meter meters The height in metres. Do not use if feet and inches are specified. Number optional Centimetres cm centimetre centimetres centimeter centimeters The height in centimetres. Do not use if ...

  8. Robert Wadlow - Wikipedia

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    6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [18] 169 lb (77 kg) [18] Height of average adult male in the Netherlands. 1926 9 years 6 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1.89 m) [18] 180 lb (82 kg) Weighing 180 lb (82 kg), he was strong enough to carry his father (who was sitting in a living room chair) up the stairs to the second floor. [19] 1927 10 years 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) [20]

  9. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    An adult human foot is about 28 cm (11 in) long. The decimetre ( SI symbol: dm ) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10 −1 metres ( ⁠ 1 / 10 ⁠ m = 0.1 m ). To help compare different orders of magnitude , this section lists lengths between 10 centimeters and 100 centimeters (10 −1 meter and 1 meter).