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  2. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal pitch. Horizontal pitch (HP) is a unit of length defined by the Eurocard printed circuit board standard used to measure the horizontal width of rack mounted electronic equipment, similar to the rack unit (U) used to measure vertical heights of rack mounted equipment. One HP is 0.2 inches (1/5") or 5.08 millimetres wide.

  3. Milliradian - Wikipedia

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    A common adjustment value in firearm sights is 1 cm at 100 meters which equals 10 mm / 100 m = 1 / 10 mrad. The true definition of a milliradian is based on a unit circle with a radius of one and an arc divided into 1,000 mrad per radian, hence 2,000 π or approximately 6,283.185 milliradians in one turn , and rifle scope adjustments and ...

  4. M60 tank - Wikipedia

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    The armor was improved, at 6 inches (155 mm) on the front glacis and mantle of solid rolled homogeneous armor, while it was 4.3 inches (110 mm) on the M48. The first prototype hulls did not have shock absorbers and were briefly named M68 in late 1958 before the Ordnance Department renamed it the M60 in March 1959. [37]

  5. List of examples of lengths - Wikipedia

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    4.3 cm — minimum diameter of a golf ball; 7.3-7.5 cm — diameter of a baseball; 8.6 cm × 5.4 cm — dimensions of a typical credit card; 1 decimetre. Lengths between 10 and 100 centimetres (10 −1 and 1 metre). Conversions. 10 centimetres (abbreviated to 10 cm) is equal to 1 decimetre (dm), a term not in common use

  6. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    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 metric units, used in every country globally. In the United States the U.S. customary units are also in use. British Imperial units are still used for some purposes in the United Kingdom and ...

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    It is not clear whether these shipments will be made using a U.S. trade provision that exempts individual packages worth less than $800 from U.S. customs duties, The Information reported.

  8. As world leaders converge on Normandy for D-Day, authorities ...

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    World leaders converged on Normandy for D-Day events, marking an important day for the historic coastal region in France as U.S., British and Canadian forces are honored.

  9. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...