barleycorn | 1 barleycorn | 2 barleycorn | 3 barleycorn | 4 barleycorn | 5 barleycorn | 6 barleycorn | 7 barleycorn | 8 barleycorn | 9 barleycorn | 10 barleycorn | 11 barleycorn | 12 barleycorn | 13 barleycorn | 14 barleycorn | 15 barleycorn | 16 barleycorn | 17 barleycorn | 18 barleycorn | 19 barleycorn | 20 barleycorn | 21 barleycorn | 22 barleycorn | 23 barleycorn | 24 barleycorn | 25 barleycorn | 26 barleycorn | 27 barleycorn | 28 barleycorn | 29 barleycorn | 30 barleycorn | 31 barleycorn | 32 barleycorn | 33 barleycorn | 34 barleycorn | 35 barleycorn | 36 barleycorn | 37 barleycorn | 38 barleycorn | 39 barleycorn | 40 barleycorn | 41 barleycorn | 42 barleycorn | 43 barleycorn | 44 barleycorn | 45 barleycorn | 46 barleycorn | 47 barleycorn | 48 barleycorn | 49 barleycorn | 50 barleycorn | 51 barleycorn | 52 barleycorn | 53 barleycorn | 54 barleycorn | 55 barleycorn | 56 barleycorn | 57 barleycorn | 58 barleycorn | 59 barleycorn | 60 barleycorn | 61 barleycorn | 62 barleycorn | 63 barleycorn | 64 barleycorn | 65 barleycorn | 66 barleycorn | 67 barleycorn | 68 barleycorn | 69 barleycorn | 70 barleycorn | 71 barleycorn | 72 barleycorn | 73 barleycorn | 74 barleycorn | 75 barleycorn | 76 barleycorn | 77 barleycorn | 78 barleycorn | 79 barleycorn | 80 barleycorn | 81 barleycorn | 82 barleycorn | 83 barleycorn | 84 barleycorn | 85 barleycorn | 86 barleycorn | 87 barleycorn | 88 barleycorn | 89 barleycorn | 90 barleycorn | 91 barleycorn | 92 barleycorn | 93 barleycorn | 94 barleycorn | 95 barleycorn | 96 barleycorn | 97 barleycorn | 98 barleycorn | 99 barleycorn | 100 barleycorn |
finger | 0.3806524 finger (US) | 0.7613048 finger (US) | 1.1419573 finger (US) | 1.5226097 finger (US) | 1.9032621 finger (US) | 2.2839145 finger (US) | 2.6645669 finger (US) | 3.0452193 finger (US) | 3.4258718 finger (US) | 3.8065242 finger (US) | 4.1871766 finger (US) | 4.5678290 finger (US) | 4.9484814 finger (US) | 5.3291339 finger (US) | 5.7097863 finger (US) | 6.0904387 finger (US) | 6.4710911 finger (US) | 6.8517435 finger (US) | 7.2323960 finger (US) | 7.6130484 finger (US) | 7.9937008 finger (US) | 8.3743532 finger (US) | 8.7550056 finger (US) | 9.1356580 finger (US) | 9.5163105 finger (US) | 9.8969629 finger (US) | 10.2776153 finger (US) | 10.6582677 finger (US) | 11.0389201 finger (US) | 11.4195726 finger (US) | 11.8002250 finger (US) | 12.1808774 finger (US) | 12.5615298 finger (US) | 12.9421822 finger (US) | 13.3228346 finger (US) | 13.7034871 finger (US) | 14.0841395 finger (US) | 14.4647919 finger (US) | 14.8454443 finger (US) | 15.2260967 finger (US) | 15.6067492 finger (US) | 15.9874016 finger (US) | 16.3680540 finger (US) | 16.7487064 finger (US) | 17.1293588 finger (US) | 17.5100112 finger (US) | 17.8906637 finger (US) | 18.2713161 finger (US) | 18.6519685 finger (US) | 19.0326209 finger (US) | 19.4132733 finger (US) | 19.7939258 finger (US) | 20.1745782 finger (US) | 20.5552306 finger (US) | 20.9358830 finger (US) | 21.3165354 finger (US) | 21.6971879 finger (US) | 22.0778403 finger (US) | 22.4584927 finger (US) | 22.8391451 finger (US) | 23.2197975 finger (US) | 23.6004499 finger (US) | 23.9811024 finger (US) | 24.3617548 finger (US) | 24.7424072 finger (US) | 25.1230596 finger (US) | 25.5037120 finger (US) | 25.8843645 finger (US) | 26.2650169 finger (US) | 26.6456693 finger (US) | 27.0263217 finger (US) | 27.4069741 finger (US) | 27.7876265 finger (US) | 28.1682790 finger (US) | 28.5489314 finger (US) | 28.9295838 finger (US) | 29.3102362 finger (US) | 29.6908886 finger (US) | 30.0715411 finger (US) | 30.4521935 finger (US) | 30.8328459 finger (US) | 31.2134983 finger (US) | 31.5941507 finger (US) | 31.9748031 finger (US) | 32.3554556 finger (US) | 32.7361080 finger (US) | 33.1167604 finger (US) | 33.4974128 finger (US) | 33.8780652 finger (US) | 34.2587177 finger (US) | 34.6393701 finger (US) | 35.0200225 finger (US) | 35.4006749 finger (US) | 35.7813273 finger (US) | 36.1619798 finger (US) | 36.5426322 finger (US) | 36.9232846 finger (US) | 37.3039370 finger (US) | 37.6845894 finger (US) | 38.0652418 finger (US) |
The barleycorn is a small English unit of length equal to 1⁄3 of an inch (i.e., close to 0.8467 cm) still used in Great Britain and Ireland as a determiner of shoe sizes.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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barleycorn | = 1⁄3 in | ≈ 8.46×10−3 m | Imperial/US |
barleycorns | finger | barleycorns | finger |
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1 | ≈ 0.38065241844769 | 4 | ≈ 1.5226096737908 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.57097862767154 | 4.5 | ≈ 1.7129358830146 |
2 | ≈ 0.76130483689539 | 5 | ≈ 1.9032620922385 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.95163104611924 | 5.5 | ≈ 2.0935883014623 |
3 | ≈ 1.1419572553431 | 6 | ≈ 2.2839145106862 |
A finger (sometimes fingerbreadth or finger's breadth) is any of several units of measurement that are approximately the width of an adult human finger, including:
The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth — 3⁄4 of an inch or 1⁄16 of a foot.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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finger | finger (US) | ≡ 7⁄8 in | = 0.022225 m | Imperial/US |
finger | barleycorns | finger | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 2.6270685579196 | 4 | ≈ 10.508274231678 |
1.5 | ≈ 3.9406028368794 | 4.5 | ≈ 11.821808510638 |
2 | ≈ 5.2541371158392 | 5 | ≈ 13.135342789598 |
2.5 | ≈ 6.5676713947991 | 5.5 | ≈ 14.448877068558 |
3 | ≈ 7.8812056737589 | 6 | ≈ 15.762411347518 |
barleycorns | finger |
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1 | ≈ 0.3806524 |
2.6270686 | ≈ 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |