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2. Template:Infobox person/height - Wikipedia

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   Print/export Download as PDF; ... This template is used to automatically add conversions of height measurements displayed by Template: ... height=1 inch → 1 in (3 cm)

3. Template:Height/doc - Wikipedia

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   The template is intended for conversion of heights specified in either metres or in feet and inches. Template parameters 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 feet and inches are ...

4. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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   Metric units are units based on the metre, gram or second and decimal (power of ten) multiples or sub-multiples of these. According to Schadow and McDonald, [1] metric units, in general, are those units "defined 'in the spirit' of the metric system, that emerged in late 18th century France and was rapidly adopted by scientists and engineers.

5. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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   The basic unit of length in the imperial and U.S. customary systems is the yard, defined as exactly 0.9144 m by international treaty in 1959. [2] [10] Common imperial units and U.S. customary units of length include: [11] thou or mil (1 ⁄ 1000 of an inch) inch (25.4 mm) foot (12 inches, 0.3048 m) yard (3 feet, 0.9144 m)

6. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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   In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles. The unifying ...

7. Modulor - Wikipedia

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   The graphic representation of the Modulor, a stylised human figure with one arm raised, stands next to two vertical measurements, a red series based on the figure's navel height (1.08 m in the original version, 1.13 m in the revised version) and segmented according to Phi and a blue series based on the figure's entire height, double the navel ...

8. French catheter scale - Wikipedia

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   Print/export Download as PDF ... also known as the French gauge or Charrière system, is a widely used measurement system for the size of ... (inches) 2 2.1 0.67 0. ...

9. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Metrication is the process of introducing the International System of Units, also known as SI units or the metric system, to replace a jurisdiction's traditional measuring units. U.S. customary units have been defined in terms of metric units since the 19th century, [ 1 ] and the SI has been the "preferred system of weights and measures for ...