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  2. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    Below are two tables which report the average adult human height by country or geographical region. With regard to the first table, ... 178.2 cm (5 ft 10 in)

  3. 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.

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

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    5 ft 10 in 178 cm: John W. Davis [59] Robert M. La Follette [61] 5 ft 10 1 ⁄ 2 in 5 ft 5 in: 180 cm 165 cm: 1 ⁄ 2 in 5 in: 1 cm 13 cm 1920: Warren G. Harding: 6 ft 0 in 183 cm: James M. Cox [62] 5 ft 6 in 168 cm: 6 in 15 cm 1916: Woodrow Wilson: 5 ft 11 in 180 cm: Charles Evans Hughes [59] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm: 1 in 3 cm 1912: Woodrow Wilson ...

  5. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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    These names were used relative to the others and their exact length would vary over time, from country to country, and from foundry to foundry. For example, "agate" and "ruby" used to be a single size "agate ruby" of about 5 points; [2] metal type known as "agate" later ranged from 5 to 5.8 points.

  6. List of shortest players in NBA history - Wikipedia

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    1.5 .458 .827 Played alongside the second tallest player in NBA history, Manute Bol, during the 1987–88 season for the Washington Bullets; their difference in height was 28 inches (71 cm). Appeared in the film Space Jam, [3] which was filmed in 1995. [4] 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 135 lb (61 kg) Earl Boykins [5] USA: New Jersey Nets

  7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1.5 m – height of an okapi; 1.63 m – (5 feet 4 inches) (or 64 inches) – height of average U.S. female human as of 2002 (source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) 1.75 m – (5 feet 8 inches) – height of average U.S. male human as of 2002 (source: U.S. CDC as per female above) 2.4 m – wingspan of a mute swan

  8. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    With the average American woman's height (20 years and older) at about 5 ft 4 in (162.1 cm) (Department of Health 2012), both standard and catalog size ranges attempt to address a variety of weights or builds as well as providing for the "shorter-than-average" height woman with "petite" and "half-sizes". However "taller-than-average" women may ...

  9. Short stature - Wikipedia

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    The result depends on the cause, but is typically an increase in final height of about 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) taller than predicted. [5] Thus, treatment takes a child who is expected to be much shorter than a typical adult and produces an adult who is still obviously shorter than average.