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Length and United States customary units

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Difference between Length and United States customary units

Length vs. United States customary units

In geometric measurements, length is the most extended dimension of an object. United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United States.

Similarities between Length and United States customary units

Length and United States customary units have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Foot (unit), Imperial units, Inch, International System of Units, Metre, Mile, System of measurement, Unit of measurement, Yard.

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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Imperial units

The system of imperial units or the imperial system (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1825) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which was later refined and reduced.

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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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International System of Units

The International System of Units (SI, abbreviated from the French Système international (d'unités)) is the modern form of the metric system, and is the most widely used system of measurement.

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Metre

The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μέτρον, "measure") is the base unit of length in some metric systems, including the International System of Units (SI).

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Mile

The mile is an English unit of length of linear measure equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959.

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System of measurement

A system of measurement is a collection of units of measurement and rules relating them to each other.

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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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Yard

The yard (abbreviation: yd) is an English unit of length, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches.

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Length and United States customary units Comparison

Length has 36 relations, while United States customary units has 141. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 5.08% = 9 / (36 + 141).

References

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