foot



Unitconversion

1foot(feet)=0.00018939393939394miles(mile)=12inches(inch)=30.48centimeters(cm)=0.3048meters(meter)=0.333333333333333333yard(Code)

Origin

Feet—InEnglish-speakingcountries,variousancientandmodernlengthmeasurementunitsbasedonthelengthofthehumanfoot.Generally25-34cm.InmanyotherWesternlanguages,thefootandtherulerusedformeasurementareexpressedbythesameword,althoughthelengthitrepresentsvariesfromplacetoplaceandfromtimetotime.Forexample,fussinGerman,fodinNorwegianandDanish,etc.Inotherlanguages,itistranslatedintoEnglishasfootandrepresentsawordsimilartotheunitoflength,butitisnotthesameasthewordforhumanfeet,suchastherulerinJapaneseandChinese.ThefutinRussianseemstobejustatransliterationofEnglishfoot.Inmostcountries,feetandtheirmultiplesandfractionshavebeenreplacedbymetersinthemetricsystem.Inafewcountries,feetarestillused,butmetersarestillusedforannotation.TheUnitedStatessetfeetat30.48cmin1959.

CubitisaunitofmeasurementusedinancientEgypttoindicatethedistancefromaperson’selbowtothetipofthemiddlefinger.Qubitisreplacedbythecurrentcode,onecodeequals2qubits.

Puffisthedistancebetweenthefingertipsofthetwomiddlefingerswhenthearmsareraisedhorizontally.Thefathomisaunitformeasuringthedepthofwater,andonefathomisequalto6feet.ItisaEuropeancustomaryusage

Atthebeginningofthe13thcentury,theBritishstandardsweredisorderedandtherewasnouniformstandardacrossthecountry,whichbroughtalotoftroubletothenationaltrade.ThecivildisputesbroughtaboutbythescalehavecausedgreatdistresstotheBritishroyalfamily.Theyhaveconvenedmorethan10ministerialmeetingstodiscussthematter.Theydiscussedanddiscussedandcouldnotdetermineaunifiedstandard.John,whooncesignedtheMagnaCartaThekingangrilysteppedontheground,thenpointedtothesunkenfootprintandsolemnlyannouncedtotheministers:"Thereisafoot,letitbethemeasurefromthisdayforward.(ThisfootprintmakesitforeverThemeasurementstandard!)”TheBritishMuseumalsocontainsarectangularframemadeofalloywithaverysmallexpansioncoefficient.ThehollowpartisthestandardlengthofTheImperialFoot.BecausetheBritishkingwearsshoes,afootisaboutthirtycentimeters,andthestandardlengthis30.48centimeters.

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