line | 1 ln | 2 ln | 3 ln | 4 ln | 5 ln | 6 ln | 7 ln | 8 ln | 9 ln | 10 ln | 11 ln | 12 ln | 13 ln | 14 ln | 15 ln | 16 ln | 17 ln | 18 ln | 19 ln | 20 ln | 21 ln | 22 ln | 23 ln | 24 ln | 25 ln | 26 ln | 27 ln | 28 ln | 29 ln | 30 ln | 31 ln | 32 ln | 33 ln | 34 ln | 35 ln | 36 ln | 37 ln | 38 ln | 39 ln | 40 ln | 41 ln | 42 ln | 43 ln | 44 ln | 45 ln | 46 ln | 47 ln | 48 ln | 49 ln | 50 ln | 51 ln | 52 ln | 53 ln | 54 ln | 55 ln | 56 ln | 57 ln | 58 ln | 59 ln | 60 ln | 61 ln | 62 ln | 63 ln | 64 ln | 65 ln | 66 ln | 67 ln | 68 ln | 69 ln | 70 ln | 71 ln | 72 ln | 73 ln | 74 ln | 75 ln | 76 ln | 77 ln | 78 ln | 79 ln | 80 ln | 81 ln | 82 ln | 83 ln | 84 ln | 85 ln | 86 ln | 87 ln | 88 ln | 89 ln | 90 ln | 91 ln | 92 ln | 93 ln | 94 ln | 95 ln | 96 ln | 97 ln | 98 ln | 99 ln | 100 ln |
palm | 0.0277778 palm | 0.0555556 palm | 0.0833333 palm | 0.1111111 palm | 0.1388889 palm | 0.1666667 palm | 0.1944444 palm | 0.2222222 palm | 0.25 palm | 0.2777778 palm | 0.3055556 palm | 0.3333333 palm | 0.3611111 palm | 0.3888889 palm | 0.4166667 palm | 0.4444444 palm | 0.4722222 palm | 0.5 palm | 0.5277778 palm | 0.5555556 palm | 0.5833333 palm | 0.6111111 palm | 0.6388889 palm | 0.6666667 palm | 0.6944444 palm | 0.7222222 palm | 0.75 palm | 0.7777778 palm | 0.8055556 palm | 0.8333333 palm | 0.8611111 palm | 0.8888889 palm | 0.9166667 palm | 0.9444444 palm | 0.9722222 palm | 1 palm | 1.0277778 palm | 1.0555556 palm | 1.0833333 palm | 1.1111111 palm | 1.1388889 palm | 1.1666667 palm | 1.1944444 palm | 1.2222222 palm | 1.25 palm | 1.2777778 palm | 1.3055556 palm | 1.3333333 palm | 1.3611111 palm | 1.3888889 palm | 1.4166667 palm | 1.4444444 palm | 1.4722222 palm | 1.5 palm | 1.5277778 palm | 1.5555556 palm | 1.5833333 palm | 1.6111111 palm | 1.6388889 palm | 1.6666667 palm | 1.6944444 palm | 1.7222222 palm | 1.75 palm | 1.7777778 palm | 1.8055556 palm | 1.8333333 palm | 1.8611111 palm | 1.8888889 palm | 1.9166667 palm | 1.9444444 palm | 1.9722222 palm | 2 palm | 2.0277778 palm | 2.0555556 palm | 2.0833333 palm | 2.1111111 palm | 2.1388889 palm | 2.1666667 palm | 2.1944444 palm | 2.2222222 palm | 2.25 palm | 2.2777778 palm | 2.3055556 palm | 2.3333333 palm | 2.3611111 palm | 2.3888889 palm | 2.4166667 palm | 2.4444444 palm | 2.4722222 palm | 2.5 palm | 2.5277778 palm | 2.5555556 palm | 2.5833333 palm | 2.6111111 palm | 2.6388889 palm | 2.6666667 palm | 2.6944444 palm | 2.7222222 palm | 2.75 palm | 2.7777778 palm |
The line (abbreviated L or l) was a small English unit of length, variously reckoned as 1⁄10, 1⁄12, 1⁄16, or 1⁄40 of an inch. It was not included among the units authorized as the British Imperial system in 1824.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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line | ln | ≡ 1⁄12 in | = 0.002116 m | Imperial/US |
lines | palms | lines | palms |
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1 | = 0.027777777777778 | 4 | = 0.11111111111111 |
1.5 | = 0.041666666666667 | 4.5 | = 0.125 |
2 | = 0.055555555555556 | 5 | = 0.13888888888889 |
2.5 | = 0.069444444444444 | 5.5 | = 0.15277777777778 |
3 | = 0.083333333333333 | 6 | = 0.16666666666667 |
The palm is an obsolete anthropic unit of length, originally based on the width of the human palm and then variously standardized. The same name is also used for a second, rather larger unit based on the length of the human hand.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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palm | ≡ 3 in | = 0.0762 m | Other (Length) |
palms | lines | palms | lines |
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1 | = 36 | 4 | = 144 |
1.5 | = 54 | 4.5 | = 162 |
2 | = 72 | 5 | = 180 |
2.5 | = 90 | 5.5 | = 198 |
3 | = 108 | 6 | = 216 |
lines | palms |
---|---|
1 | = 0.0277778 |
36 | = 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 …) |