foot, metric (long) | 1 lmf | 2 lmf | 3 lmf | 4 lmf | 5 lmf | 6 lmf | 7 lmf | 8 lmf | 9 lmf | 10 lmf | 11 lmf | 12 lmf | 13 lmf | 14 lmf | 15 lmf | 16 lmf | 17 lmf | 18 lmf | 19 lmf | 20 lmf | 21 lmf | 22 lmf | 23 lmf | 24 lmf | 25 lmf | 26 lmf | 27 lmf | 28 lmf | 29 lmf | 30 lmf | 31 lmf | 32 lmf | 33 lmf | 34 lmf | 35 lmf | 36 lmf | 37 lmf | 38 lmf | 39 lmf | 40 lmf | 41 lmf | 42 lmf | 43 lmf | 44 lmf | 45 lmf | 46 lmf | 47 lmf | 48 lmf | 49 lmf | 50 lmf | 51 lmf | 52 lmf | 53 lmf | 54 lmf | 55 lmf | 56 lmf | 57 lmf | 58 lmf | 59 lmf | 60 lmf | 61 lmf | 62 lmf | 63 lmf | 64 lmf | 65 lmf | 66 lmf | 67 lmf | 68 lmf | 69 lmf | 70 lmf | 71 lmf | 72 lmf | 73 lmf | 74 lmf | 75 lmf | 76 lmf | 77 lmf | 78 lmf | 79 lmf | 80 lmf | 81 lmf | 82 lmf | 83 lmf | 84 lmf | 85 lmf | 86 lmf | 87 lmf | 88 lmf | 89 lmf | 90 lmf | 91 lmf | 92 lmf | 93 lmf | 94 lmf | 95 lmf | 96 lmf | 97 lmf | 98 lmf | 99 lmf | 100 lmf |
stick | 6.5616798 stick | 13.1233596 stick | 19.6850394 stick | 26.2467192 stick | 32.8083990 stick | 39.3700787 stick | 45.9317585 stick | 52.4934383 stick | 59.0551181 stick | 65.6167979 stick | 72.1784777 stick | 78.7401575 stick | 85.3018373 stick | 91.8635171 stick | 98.4251969 stick | 104.9868766 stick | 111.5485564 stick | 118.1102362 stick | 124.6719160 stick | 131.2335958 stick | 137.7952756 stick | 144.3569554 stick | 150.9186352 stick | 157.4803150 stick | 164.0419948 stick | 170.6036745 stick | 177.1653543 stick | 183.7270341 stick | 190.2887139 stick | 196.8503937 stick | 203.4120735 stick | 209.9737533 stick | 216.5354331 stick | 223.0971129 stick | 229.6587927 stick | 236.2204724 stick | 242.7821522 stick | 249.3438320 stick | 255.9055118 stick | 262.4671916 stick | 269.0288714 stick | 275.5905512 stick | 282.1522310 stick | 288.7139108 stick | 295.2755906 stick | 301.8372703 stick | 308.3989501 stick | 314.9606299 stick | 321.5223097 stick | 328.0839895 stick | 334.6456693 stick | 341.2073491 stick | 347.7690289 stick | 354.3307087 stick | 360.8923885 stick | 367.4540682 stick | 374.0157480 stick | 380.5774278 stick | 387.1391076 stick | 393.7007874 stick | 400.2624672 stick | 406.8241470 stick | 413.3858268 stick | 419.9475066 stick | 426.5091864 stick | 433.0708661 stick | 439.6325459 stick | 446.1942257 stick | 452.7559055 stick | 459.3175853 stick | 465.8792651 stick | 472.4409449 stick | 479.0026247 stick | 485.5643045 stick | 492.1259843 stick | 498.6876640 stick | 505.2493438 stick | 511.8110236 stick | 518.3727034 stick | 524.9343832 stick | 531.4960630 stick | 538.0577428 stick | 544.6194226 stick | 551.1811024 stick | 557.7427822 stick | 564.3044619 stick | 570.8661417 stick | 577.4278215 stick | 583.9895013 stick | 590.5511811 stick | 597.1128609 stick | 603.6745407 stick | 610.2362205 stick | 616.7979003 stick | 623.3595801 stick | 629.9212598 stick | 636.4829396 stick | 643.0446194 stick | 649.6062992 stick | 656.1679790 stick |
A foot, metric (long) is the unit of length.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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foot, metric (long) | lmf | ≡ 1⁄3 m | ≈ 0.3 m | Metric system SI |
feet, metric (long) | sticks | feet, metric (long) | sticks |
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1 | = 6.5616797900262 | 4 | = 26.246719160105 |
1.5 | = 9.8425196850394 | 4.5 | = 29.527559055118 |
2 | = 13.123359580052 | 5 | = 32.808398950131 |
2.5 | = 16.404199475066 | 5.5 | = 36.089238845144 |
3 | = 19.685039370079 | 6 | = 39.370078740157 |
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 | feet, metric (long) | sticks | feet, metric (long) |
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1 | = 0.1524 | 4 | = 0.6096 |
1.5 | = 0.2286 | 4.5 | = 0.6858 |
2 | = 0.3048 | 5 | = 0.762 |
2.5 | = 0.381 | 5.5 | = 0.8382 |
3 | = 0.4572 | 6 | = 0.9144 |
feet, metric (long) | sticks |
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1 | = 6.5616798 |
0.1524 | = 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 …) |