nail (cloth) | 1 nail (cloth) | 2 nail (cloth) | 3 nail (cloth) | 4 nail (cloth) | 5 nail (cloth) | 6 nail (cloth) | 7 nail (cloth) | 8 nail (cloth) | 9 nail (cloth) | 10 nail (cloth) | 11 nail (cloth) | 12 nail (cloth) | 13 nail (cloth) | 14 nail (cloth) | 15 nail (cloth) | 16 nail (cloth) | 17 nail (cloth) | 18 nail (cloth) | 19 nail (cloth) | 20 nail (cloth) | 21 nail (cloth) | 22 nail (cloth) | 23 nail (cloth) | 24 nail (cloth) | 25 nail (cloth) | 26 nail (cloth) | 27 nail (cloth) | 28 nail (cloth) | 29 nail (cloth) | 30 nail (cloth) | 31 nail (cloth) | 32 nail (cloth) | 33 nail (cloth) | 34 nail (cloth) | 35 nail (cloth) | 36 nail (cloth) | 37 nail (cloth) | 38 nail (cloth) | 39 nail (cloth) | 40 nail (cloth) | 41 nail (cloth) | 42 nail (cloth) | 43 nail (cloth) | 44 nail (cloth) | 45 nail (cloth) | 46 nail (cloth) | 47 nail (cloth) | 48 nail (cloth) | 49 nail (cloth) | 50 nail (cloth) | 51 nail (cloth) | 52 nail (cloth) | 53 nail (cloth) | 54 nail (cloth) | 55 nail (cloth) | 56 nail (cloth) | 57 nail (cloth) | 58 nail (cloth) | 59 nail (cloth) | 60 nail (cloth) | 61 nail (cloth) | 62 nail (cloth) | 63 nail (cloth) | 64 nail (cloth) | 65 nail (cloth) | 66 nail (cloth) | 67 nail (cloth) | 68 nail (cloth) | 69 nail (cloth) | 70 nail (cloth) | 71 nail (cloth) | 72 nail (cloth) | 73 nail (cloth) | 74 nail (cloth) | 75 nail (cloth) | 76 nail (cloth) | 77 nail (cloth) | 78 nail (cloth) | 79 nail (cloth) | 80 nail (cloth) | 81 nail (cloth) | 82 nail (cloth) | 83 nail (cloth) | 84 nail (cloth) | 85 nail (cloth) | 86 nail (cloth) | 87 nail (cloth) | 88 nail (cloth) | 89 nail (cloth) | 90 nail (cloth) | 91 nail (cloth) | 92 nail (cloth) | 93 nail (cloth) | 94 nail (cloth) | 95 nail (cloth) | 96 nail (cloth) | 97 nail (cloth) | 98 nail (cloth) | 99 nail (cloth) | 100 nail (cloth) |
hand | 0.5625 hand | 1.125 hand | 1.6875 hand | 2.25 hand | 2.8125 hand | 3.375 hand | 3.9375 hand | 4.5 hand | 5.0625 hand | 5.625 hand | 6.1875 hand | 6.75 hand | 7.3125 hand | 7.875 hand | 8.4375 hand | 9 hand | 9.5625 hand | 10.125 hand | 10.6875 hand | 11.25 hand | 11.8125 hand | 12.375 hand | 12.9375 hand | 13.5 hand | 14.0625 hand | 14.625 hand | 15.1875 hand | 15.75 hand | 16.3125 hand | 16.875 hand | 17.4375 hand | 18 hand | 18.5625 hand | 19.125 hand | 19.6875 hand | 20.25 hand | 20.8125 hand | 21.375 hand | 21.9375 hand | 22.5 hand | 23.0625 hand | 23.625 hand | 24.1875 hand | 24.75 hand | 25.3125 hand | 25.875 hand | 26.4375 hand | 27 hand | 27.5625 hand | 28.125 hand | 28.6875 hand | 29.25 hand | 29.8125 hand | 30.375 hand | 30.9375 hand | 31.5 hand | 32.0625 hand | 32.625 hand | 33.1875 hand | 33.75 hand | 34.3125 hand | 34.875 hand | 35.4375 hand | 36 hand | 36.5625 hand | 37.125 hand | 37.6875 hand | 38.25 hand | 38.8125 hand | 39.375 hand | 39.9375 hand | 40.5 hand | 41.0625 hand | 41.625 hand | 42.1875 hand | 42.75 hand | 43.3125 hand | 43.875 hand | 44.4375 hand | 45 hand | 45.5625 hand | 46.125 hand | 46.6875 hand | 47.25 hand | 47.8125 hand | 48.375 hand | 48.9375 hand | 49.5 hand | 50.0625 hand | 50.625 hand | 51.1875 hand | 51.75 hand | 52.3125 hand | 52.875 hand | 53.4375 hand | 54 hand | 54.5625 hand | 55.125 hand | 55.6875 hand | 56.25 hand |
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.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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nail (cloth) | ≡ 2 1⁄4 in | = 0.05715 m | Other (Length) |
nails (cloth) | hands | nails (cloth) | hands |
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1 | = 0.5625 | 4 | = 2.25 |
1.5 | = 0.84375 | 4.5 | = 2.53125 |
2 | = 1.125 | 5 | = 2.8125 |
2.5 | = 1.40625 | 5.5 | = 3.09375 |
3 | = 1.6875 | 6 | = 3.375 |
The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 inches (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses in some English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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hand | ≡ 4 in | ≡ 0.1016 m | Metric system Non-SI |
hands | nails (cloth) | hands | nails (cloth) |
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1 | = 1.7777777777778 | 4 | = 7.1111111111111 |
1.5 | = 2.6666666666667 | 4.5 | = 8 |
2 | = 3.5555555555556 | 5 | = 8.8888888888889 |
2.5 | = 4.4444444444444 | 5.5 | = 9.7777777777778 |
3 | = 5.3333333333333 | 6 | = 10.666666666667 |
nails (cloth) | hands |
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1 | = 0.5625 |
1.7777778 | = 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 …) |