cubit | 1 cubit | 2 cubit | 3 cubit | 4 cubit | 5 cubit | 6 cubit | 7 cubit | 8 cubit | 9 cubit | 10 cubit | 11 cubit | 12 cubit | 13 cubit | 14 cubit | 15 cubit | 16 cubit | 17 cubit | 18 cubit | 19 cubit | 20 cubit | 21 cubit | 22 cubit | 23 cubit | 24 cubit | 25 cubit | 26 cubit | 27 cubit | 28 cubit | 29 cubit | 30 cubit | 31 cubit | 32 cubit | 33 cubit | 34 cubit | 35 cubit | 36 cubit | 37 cubit | 38 cubit | 39 cubit | 40 cubit | 41 cubit | 42 cubit | 43 cubit | 44 cubit | 45 cubit | 46 cubit | 47 cubit | 48 cubit | 49 cubit | 50 cubit | 51 cubit | 52 cubit | 53 cubit | 54 cubit | 55 cubit | 56 cubit | 57 cubit | 58 cubit | 59 cubit | 60 cubit | 61 cubit | 62 cubit | 63 cubit | 64 cubit | 65 cubit | 66 cubit | 67 cubit | 68 cubit | 69 cubit | 70 cubit | 71 cubit | 72 cubit | 73 cubit | 74 cubit | 75 cubit | 76 cubit | 77 cubit | 78 cubit | 79 cubit | 80 cubit | 81 cubit | 82 cubit | 83 cubit | 84 cubit | 85 cubit | 86 cubit | 87 cubit | 88 cubit | 89 cubit | 90 cubit | 91 cubit | 92 cubit | 93 cubit | 94 cubit | 95 cubit | 96 cubit | 97 cubit | 98 cubit | 99 cubit | 100 cubit |
stick | 9.8425197 stick | 19.6850394 stick | 29.5275591 stick | 39.3700787 stick | 49.2125984 stick | 59.0551181 stick | 68.8976378 stick | 78.7401575 stick | 88.5826772 stick | 98.4251969 stick | 108.2677165 stick | 118.1102362 stick | 127.9527559 stick | 137.7952756 stick | 147.6377953 stick | 157.4803150 stick | 167.3228346 stick | 177.1653543 stick | 187.0078740 stick | 196.8503937 stick | 206.6929134 stick | 216.5354331 stick | 226.3779528 stick | 236.2204724 stick | 246.0629921 stick | 255.9055118 stick | 265.7480315 stick | 275.5905512 stick | 285.4330709 stick | 295.2755906 stick | 305.1181102 stick | 314.9606299 stick | 324.8031496 stick | 334.6456693 stick | 344.4881890 stick | 354.3307087 stick | 364.1732283 stick | 374.0157480 stick | 383.8582677 stick | 393.7007874 stick | 403.5433071 stick | 413.3858268 stick | 423.2283465 stick | 433.0708661 stick | 442.9133858 stick | 452.7559055 stick | 462.5984252 stick | 472.4409449 stick | 482.2834646 stick | 492.1259843 stick | 501.9685039 stick | 511.8110236 stick | 521.6535433 stick | 531.4960630 stick | 541.3385827 stick | 551.1811024 stick | 561.0236220 stick | 570.8661417 stick | 580.7086614 stick | 590.5511811 stick | 600.3937008 stick | 610.2362205 stick | 620.0787402 stick | 629.9212598 stick | 639.7637795 stick | 649.6062992 stick | 659.4488189 stick | 669.2913386 stick | 679.1338583 stick | 688.9763780 stick | 698.8188976 stick | 708.6614173 stick | 718.5039370 stick | 728.3464567 stick | 738.1889764 stick | 748.0314961 stick | 757.8740157 stick | 767.7165354 stick | 777.5590551 stick | 787.4015748 stick | 797.2440945 stick | 807.0866142 stick | 816.9291339 stick | 826.7716535 stick | 836.6141732 stick | 846.4566929 stick | 856.2992126 stick | 866.1417323 stick | 875.9842520 stick | 885.8267717 stick | 895.6692913 stick | 905.5118110 stick | 915.3543307 stick | 925.1968504 stick | 935.0393701 stick | 944.8818898 stick | 954.7244094 stick | 964.5669291 stick | 974.4094488 stick | 984.2519685 stick |
The cubit is an ancient unit based on the forearm length from the tip of the middle finger to the bottom of the elbow. Cubits of various lengths were employed in many parts of the world in antiquity, during the Middle Ages and as recently as Early Modern Times. The term is still used in hedge laying, the length of the forearm being frequently used to determine the interval between stakes placed within the hedge.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cubit | ≡ Distance from fingers to elbow ≈ 18 in | ≈ 0.5 m | Other (Length) |
cubit | sticks | cubit | sticks |
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1 | ≈ 9.8425196850394 | 4 | ≈ 39.370078740157 |
1.5 | ≈ 14.763779527559 | 4.5 | ≈ 44.291338582677 |
2 | ≈ 19.685039370079 | 5 | ≈ 49.212598425197 |
2.5 | ≈ 24.606299212598 | 5.5 | ≈ 54.133858267717 |
3 | ≈ 29.527559055118 | 6 | ≈ 59.055118110236 |
In typography, the stick, stickful, or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type. In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words. In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each. A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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stick | ≡ 2 in | = 0.0508 m | Other (Length) |
sticks | cubit | sticks | cubit |
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1 | ≈ 0.1016 | 4 | ≈ 0.4064 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.1524 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.4572 |
2 | ≈ 0.2032 | 5 | ≈ 0.508 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.254 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.5588 |
3 | ≈ 0.3048 | 6 | ≈ 0.6096 |
cubit | sticks |
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1 | ≈ 9.8425197 |
0.1016 | ≈ 1 |
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 …) |