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A nail, as a unit of cloth measurement, is generally a sixteenth of a yard or 2 1/4 inches (5.715 cm). The nail was apparently named after the practice of hammering brass nails into the counter at shops where cloth was sold.
Zettameter is an SI device for measuring distance. It is equal to 1021 meters. The symbol for zettameter is Zm.