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  2. Board foot - Wikipedia

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    The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada [1]. It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A board foot is a United States and Canadian unit of approximate volume, used for lumber. It is equivalent to 1 inch × 1 foot × 1 foot (144 cu in or 2,360 cm 3). It is also found in the unit of density pounds per board foot. In Australia and New Zealand the terms super foot or superficial foot were formerly used for this unit. The exact ...

  4. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    This article gives a list of conversion factors for several physical quantities. A number of different units ... board-foot: bdft ≡ 144 cu in ≡ 2.359 737 216 ...

  5. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    {{convert|123|cuyd|m3+board feet}} → 123 cubic yards (94 m 3; 40,000 board feet) The following converts a pressure to four output units. The precision is 1 (1 decimal place), and units are abbreviated and linked.

  6. Corrugated fiberboard - Wikipedia

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    Flute size refers to the number of flutes per linear foot, although the actual flute dimensions for different corrugator manufacturers may vary slightly. Measuring the number of flutes per linear foot is a more reliable method of identifying flute size than measuring board thickness, which can vary due to manufacturing conditions.

  7. Module:Convert/documentation/conversion data - Wikipedia

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    The conversion procedure for some units (for example, the Mach unit of speed) are built into Module:Convert as they are too complex to be specified in a table. That is indicated by entering a code (which must be the same as used in the module) in the Extra column.

  8. Talk:Board foot - Wikipedia

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    100 fbm [convert: unknown unit] does not work either. Peter Horn User talk 23:41, 30 December 2020 (UTC) I'm not sure that this should "work". Nominally a "board foot" is 1" x 1' x 1', so 1/12 cu ft, and this volume could be converted to cubic metres, but it would not represent any actual property of the wood involved, so could be just misleading.

  9. Imperial and US customary measurement systems - Wikipedia

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    (Furlongs remained the same, but the rod changed from 15 old feet to 16 1 ⁄ 2 new feet. [10]) In 1324 Edward II systematized units of length by defining the inch as 3 barleycorns, the foot as 12 inches, the yard as 3 feet, the perch as 5 1 ⁄ 2 yards, and the acre as an area 4 by 40 perches. [2]