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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −15 meters and 10 −14 meters (1 femtometer and 10 fm). 1 fm – diameter of a neutron, approximate range-limit of the color force carried between quarks by gluons [6] [7] 1.5 fm – diameter of the scattering cross section of an 11 MeV proton with a target ...

  3. Cable length - Wikipedia

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    A cable's length (often "cable length" or just "cable") is simply the standard length in which cables came, which by 1555 had settled to around 100 fathoms (600 ft; 180 m) or 1 ⁄ 10 nautical mile (0.19 km; 0.12 mi). [1] Traditionally rope is made on long ropewalks, the length of which determines the maximum length of rope it is possible to make.

  4. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet, equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile, or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  5. Yard - Wikipedia

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    The yard (symbol: yd) [3] [4] is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it has been by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile. The US survey yard is very slightly longer.

  6. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The shed is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −24 barns (100 rm 2 = 10 −52 m 2). The outhouse is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to 10 −6 barns (100 am 2 = 10 −34 m 2). The barn (b) is a unit of area used in nuclear physics equal to one hundred femtometres squared (100 fm 2 = 10 −28 m 2).

  7. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    Length, in meters Reference The classical electron radius r e: 2.817 940 285 (31) × 10 −15 [13] The Compton wavelength of the electron λ C: 2.426 310 215 (18) × 10 −12 [13] The reduced Compton wavelength of the electron λ C: 3.861 592 6764 (18) × 10 −13 [14] The Compton wavelength (or reduced Compton wavelength) of any fundamental ...

  8. American football field - Wikipedia

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    The yard lines are also identified at 10-yard intervals by orange markers placed outside the sidelines adjacent to the respective line. Yard lines other than multiples of 5 are marked by 2-foot (0.61 m) long, 4-inch (0.10 m) wide lines painted parallel to the goal lines at 1-yard intervals spanning the length of the field just inside each ...

  9. International yard and pound - Wikipedia

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    The international yard was about two millionths of a meter longer than the imperial yard, while the international pound was about six ten-millionths of a kilogram lighter than the imperial pound. [13] The metric-based international yard and international pound were adopted by the United States National Bureau of Standards effective 1 July 1959.