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The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 inches (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses in some English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The quarter (lit. "one-fourth") is used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit.