Length measurement, distance measurement, or range measurement (ranging) all refer to the many ways in which length, distance, or range can be measured...

is a quantity with dimension distance. In most systems of measurement a base unit for length is chosen, from which all other units are derived. In the...

Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events. In other words, measurement...

times the definite predetermined length called "metre". The definition, agreement, and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in...

fully erect penis, with the measurement usually taken mid-shaft. As with length, studies that relied on self-measurement consistently reported a significantly...

measurement of the river length between source and mouth, that determine the precise meaning of "river length". As a result, the length measurements of...

allowed the standard to be universally available by measurement. In 1983 this was updated to a length defined in terms of the speed of light; this definition...

rod long were used as standards of length when surveying land. The rod was still in use as a common unit of measurement in the mid-19th century, when Henry...

Chinese units of measurement, known in Chinese as the shìzhì ("market system"), are the traditional units of measurement of the Han Chinese. Although...

coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ratio" for both TWF and WRI (see below) coastline measurement. This...

(standard symbol: ft) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly...

is, for all practical purposes, a waterline measurement. In a ship with raked stems, naturally that length changes as the draught of the ship changes,...

portion of the hypural plate. This measurement excludes the length of the caudal (tail) fin. Total length (TL) is the length of a fish measured from the tip...

A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length. The most common units in modern use are the...

chih) is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Although it is often translated as the "Chinese foot", its length was originally derived from the distance...

capacity of a ship. It is a volumetric measurement of cubic capacity. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam. It is expressed...

horse length, or simply length, is a unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail, approximately 8 feet (2.4 m). The length is commonly...

The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 in (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses in many English-speaking...

An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement, especially because its exact quantity...

Measures to create standards for length measurements in 1196, and the 1215 Magna Carta included a section for the measurement of wine and beer. Modern metrology...

Length contraction is the phenomenon that a moving object's length is measured to be shorter than its proper length, which is the length as measured in...

fundamentally different from the measurement of other, simpler edges. It is possible, for example, to accurately measure the length of a straight, idealized metal...

length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the SI prefix for 1000). It is the preferred measurement unit...

referred to as wingspan, or spelled armspan) is the physical measurement of the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips)...

|mi=[tsʰwə̂n]), often glossed as the Chinese inch, is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Its traditional measure is the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle...

presenting the outcome of a measurement (such as length, pressure, volume, or mass), if the number of digits exceeds what the measurement instrument can resolve...

(symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠1/36⁠ yard or ⁠1/12⁠...

Reciprocal length or inverse length is a quantity or measurement used in several branches of science and mathematics, defined as the reciprocal of length. Common...

palm" as the length rather than the breadth of the hand. Unlike Greaves, who used the Guildhall standard foot, Hutton based his measurements on the fractured...

antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or...