palm | 1 palm | 2 palm | 3 palm | 4 palm | 5 palm | 6 palm | 7 palm | 8 palm | 9 palm | 10 palm | 11 palm | 12 palm | 13 palm | 14 palm | 15 palm | 16 palm | 17 palm | 18 palm | 19 palm | 20 palm | 21 palm | 22 palm | 23 palm | 24 palm | 25 palm | 26 palm | 27 palm | 28 palm | 29 palm | 30 palm | 31 palm | 32 palm | 33 palm | 34 palm | 35 palm | 36 palm | 37 palm | 38 palm | 39 palm | 40 palm | 41 palm | 42 palm | 43 palm | 44 palm | 45 palm | 46 palm | 47 palm | 48 palm | 49 palm | 50 palm | 51 palm | 52 palm | 53 palm | 54 palm | 55 palm | 56 palm | 57 palm | 58 palm | 59 palm | 60 palm | 61 palm | 62 palm | 63 palm | 64 palm | 65 palm | 66 palm | 67 palm | 68 palm | 69 palm | 70 palm | 71 palm | 72 palm | 73 palm | 74 palm | 75 palm | 76 palm | 77 palm | 78 palm | 79 palm | 80 palm | 81 palm | 82 palm | 83 palm | 84 palm | 85 palm | 86 palm | 87 palm | 88 palm | 89 palm | 90 palm | 91 palm | 92 palm | 93 palm | 94 palm | 95 palm | 96 palm | 97 palm | 98 palm | 99 palm | 100 palm |
barleycorn | 9.0070922 barleycorn | 18.0141844 barleycorn | 27.0212766 barleycorn | 36.0283688 barleycorn | 45.0354610 barleycorn | 54.0425532 barleycorn | 63.0496454 barleycorn | 72.0567376 barleycorn | 81.0638298 barleycorn | 90.0709220 barleycorn | 99.0780142 barleycorn | 108.0851064 barleycorn | 117.0921986 barleycorn | 126.0992908 barleycorn | 135.1063830 barleycorn | 144.1134752 barleycorn | 153.1205674 barleycorn | 162.1276596 barleycorn | 171.1347518 barleycorn | 180.1418440 barleycorn | 189.1489362 barleycorn | 198.1560284 barleycorn | 207.1631206 barleycorn | 216.1702128 barleycorn | 225.1773050 barleycorn | 234.1843972 barleycorn | 243.1914894 barleycorn | 252.1985816 barleycorn | 261.2056738 barleycorn | 270.2127660 barleycorn | 279.2198582 barleycorn | 288.2269504 barleycorn | 297.2340426 barleycorn | 306.2411348 barleycorn | 315.2482270 barleycorn | 324.2553191 barleycorn | 333.2624113 barleycorn | 342.2695035 barleycorn | 351.2765957 barleycorn | 360.2836879 barleycorn | 369.2907801 barleycorn | 378.2978723 barleycorn | 387.3049645 barleycorn | 396.3120567 barleycorn | 405.3191489 barleycorn | 414.3262411 barleycorn | 423.3333333 barleycorn | 432.3404255 barleycorn | 441.3475177 barleycorn | 450.3546099 barleycorn | 459.3617021 barleycorn | 468.3687943 barleycorn | 477.3758865 barleycorn | 486.3829787 barleycorn | 495.3900709 barleycorn | 504.3971631 barleycorn | 513.4042553 barleycorn | 522.4113475 barleycorn | 531.4184397 barleycorn | 540.4255319 barleycorn | 549.4326241 barleycorn | 558.4397163 barleycorn | 567.4468085 barleycorn | 576.4539007 barleycorn | 585.4609929 barleycorn | 594.4680851 barleycorn | 603.4751773 barleycorn | 612.4822695 barleycorn | 621.4893617 barleycorn | 630.4964539 barleycorn | 639.5035461 barleycorn | 648.5106383 barleycorn | 657.5177305 barleycorn | 666.5248227 barleycorn | 675.5319149 barleycorn | 684.5390071 barleycorn | 693.5460993 barleycorn | 702.5531915 barleycorn | 711.5602837 barleycorn | 720.5673759 barleycorn | 729.5744681 barleycorn | 738.5815603 barleycorn | 747.5886525 barleycorn | 756.5957447 barleycorn | 765.6028369 barleycorn | 774.6099291 barleycorn | 783.6170213 barleycorn | 792.6241135 barleycorn | 801.6312057 barleycorn | 810.6382979 barleycorn | 819.6453901 barleycorn | 828.6524823 barleycorn | 837.6595745 barleycorn | 846.6666667 barleycorn | 855.6737589 barleycorn | 864.6808511 barleycorn | 873.6879433 barleycorn | 882.6950355 barleycorn | 891.7021277 barleycorn | 900.7092199 barleycorn |
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 | barleycorns | palms | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 9.0070921985816 | 4 | ≈ 36.028368794326 |
1.5 | ≈ 13.510638297872 | 4.5 | ≈ 40.531914893617 |
2 | ≈ 18.014184397163 | 5 | ≈ 45.035460992908 |
2.5 | ≈ 22.517730496454 | 5.5 | ≈ 49.539007092199 |
3 | ≈ 27.021276595745 | 6 | ≈ 54.042553191489 |
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 | palms | barleycorns | palms |
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1 | ≈ 0.11102362204724 | 4 | ≈ 0.44409448818898 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.16653543307087 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.4996062992126 |
2 | ≈ 0.22204724409449 | 5 | ≈ 0.55511811023622 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.27755905511811 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.61062992125984 |
3 | ≈ 0.33307086614173 | 6 | ≈ 0.66614173228346 |
palms | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 9.0070922 |
0.1110236 | ≈ 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 …) |