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44 relations: Ald (unit), Anthropocentrism, Anthropometry, Cubit, Cun (unit), Digit (unit), Ell, Fathom, Finger (unit), Finger tip unit, Fistmele, Foot (unit), Forearm, Hand (unit), History of measurement, Human scale, Inch, Jake Garn, Koku, League (unit), List of humorous units of measurement, Macedonian cubit, Masu (measurement), Obsolete German units of measurement, Oliver R. Smoot, Pace (unit), Palm (unit), Parasang, Persian units of measurement, Pes (unit), Phon, Picul, Pous, Quinaria, Shaftment, Smoot, Sone, Space adaptation syndrome, Span (unit), Stremma, Swedish units of measurement, Uncia (unit), Unit of measurement, Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution.
Ald (unit)
Ald is a very old Mongolian measure equal to the length between a man's outstretched arms.
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Anthropocentrism
Anthropocentrism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος, ánthrōpos, "human being"; and κέντρον, kéntron, "center") is the belief that human beings are the most significant entity of the universe.
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Anthropometry
Anthropometry (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human", and μέτρον metron, "measure") refers to the measurement of the human individual.
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Cubit
The cubit is an ancient unit of length that had several definitions according to each of the various different cultures that used the unit.
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Cun (unit)
The cun (Japanese: sun; Korean: chon), often glossed as the Chinese inch, is a traditional Chinese unit of length.
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Digit (unit)
The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length.
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Ell
An ell (from Proto-Germanic *alinō, cognate with Latin ulna) is a unit of measurement, originally a cubit, i.e., approximating the length of a man's arm from the elbow (literally meant the bend (bow) of the arm (ell)) to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches (457 mm); in later usage, any of several longer units.
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Fathom
A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to, used especially for measuring the depth of water.
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Finger (unit)
A finger (sometimes fingerbreadth or finger's breadth) is any of several units of measurement that are approximately the width of an adult human finger, including: The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth — of an inch or of a foot.
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Finger tip unit
In medicine, a finger tip unit (FTU) is defined as the amount of ointment, cream or other semi-solid dosage form expressed from a tube with a 5mm diameter nozzle, applied from the distal skin-crease to the tip of the index finger of an adult.
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Fistmele
Fistmele, also known as the "brace height", is an older term used in archery to describe the correct distance (about seven inches, for a Northern European or English longbow) between a bow and its string.
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Foot (unit)
The foot (feet; abbreviation: ft; symbol: ′, the prime symbol) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement.
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Forearm
The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist.
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Hand (unit)
The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to.
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History of measurement
The earliest recorded systems of weights and measures originate in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC.
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Human scale
Human scale is the set of physical qualities, and quantities of information, characterizing the human body, its motor, sensory, or mental capabilities, and human social institutions.
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Inch
The inch (abbreviation: in or &Prime) is a unit of length in the (British) imperial and United States customary systems of measurement now formally equal to yard but usually understood as of a foot.
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Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician, a member of the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).
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Koku
The is a Japanese unit of volume, equal to ten cubic shaku.
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League (unit)
A league is a unit of length.
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List of humorous units of measurement
Many people have made use of, or invented, units of measurement intended primarily for their humour value.
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Macedonian cubit
The Macedonian cubit was a unit of measurement in use in ancient Macedon.
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Masu (measurement)
A was originally a square wooden box used to measure rice in Japan during the feudal period.
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Obsolete German units of measurement
The obsolete units of measurement of German-speaking countries consist of a variety of units, with varying local standard definitions.
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Oliver R. Smoot
Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr. (born 1940) was Chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) from 2001 to 2002 and President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) from 2003 to 2004.
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Pace (unit)
A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (~0.75 m), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (~1.5 m).
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Palm (unit)
The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized.
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Parasang
The parasang is a historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance, the length of which varied according to terrain and speed of travel.
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Persian units of measurement
An official system of weights and measures was established in the ancient Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty (550-350 BCE).
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Pes (unit)
A pes (plural: pedes) is an ancient Roman unit of length that roughly corresponds to a foot.
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Phon
The phon is a unit of loudness level for pure tones.
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Picul
A picul http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50178784 "Picul" entry at the OED Online.
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Pous
The pous (podes; ποῦς, poûs) or Greek foot (feet) was a Greek unit of length.
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Quinaria
A quinaria (plural: quinariae) is a Roman unit of area, roughly equal to 4.2 square centimeters (0.65 sq in).
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Shaftment
The shaftment is a unit of length, 6 - 6½ inches or 2 palms, i.e. 15.24 cm.
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Smoot
The smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank.
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Sone
The sone is a unit of loudness, how loud a sound is perceived.
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Space adaptation syndrome
Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by around half of space travelers during adaptation to weightlessness.
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Span (unit)
A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger.
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Stremma
The stremma (stremmata; στρέμμα, strémma) is a Greek unit of land area now equal to precisely 1,000 square meters.
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Swedish units of measurement
In Sweden, a common system for weights and measures was introduced by law in 1665.
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Uncia (unit)
The uncia (plural: unciae) was a Roman unit of length, weight, and volume.
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Unit of measurement
A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity.
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Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution
Woodcut dated 1800 illustrating the new decimal units which became the legal norm across all France on 4 November 1800 Before the French Revolution, which started in 1789, French units of measurement were based on the Carolingian system, introduced by the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne which in turn were based on ancient Roman measures.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human-based_units_of_measure
