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 |
hand | 0.75 hand | 1.5 hand | 2.25 hand | 3 hand | 3.75 hand | 4.5 hand | 5.25 hand | 6 hand | 6.75 hand | 7.5 hand | 8.25 hand | 9 hand | 9.75 hand | 10.5 hand | 11.25 hand | 12 hand | 12.75 hand | 13.5 hand | 14.25 hand | 15 hand | 15.75 hand | 16.5 hand | 17.25 hand | 18 hand | 18.75 hand | 19.5 hand | 20.25 hand | 21 hand | 21.75 hand | 22.5 hand | 23.25 hand | 24 hand | 24.75 hand | 25.5 hand | 26.25 hand | 27 hand | 27.75 hand | 28.5 hand | 29.25 hand | 30 hand | 30.75 hand | 31.5 hand | 32.25 hand | 33 hand | 33.75 hand | 34.5 hand | 35.25 hand | 36 hand | 36.75 hand | 37.5 hand | 38.25 hand | 39 hand | 39.75 hand | 40.5 hand | 41.25 hand | 42 hand | 42.75 hand | 43.5 hand | 44.25 hand | 45 hand | 45.75 hand | 46.5 hand | 47.25 hand | 48 hand | 48.75 hand | 49.5 hand | 50.25 hand | 51 hand | 51.75 hand | 52.5 hand | 53.25 hand | 54 hand | 54.75 hand | 55.5 hand | 56.25 hand | 57 hand | 57.75 hand | 58.5 hand | 59.25 hand | 60 hand | 60.75 hand | 61.5 hand | 62.25 hand | 63 hand | 63.75 hand | 64.5 hand | 65.25 hand | 66 hand | 66.75 hand | 67.5 hand | 68.25 hand | 69 hand | 69.75 hand | 70.5 hand | 71.25 hand | 72 hand | 72.75 hand | 73.5 hand | 74.25 hand | 75 hand |
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 | hands | palms | hands |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 0.75 | 4 | = 3 |
1.5 | = 1.125 | 4.5 | = 3.375 |
2 | = 1.5 | 5 | = 3.75 |
2.5 | = 1.875 | 5.5 | = 4.125 |
3 | = 2.25 | 6 | = 4.5 |
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 | palms | hands | palms |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 1.3333333333333 | 4 | = 5.3333333333333 |
1.5 | = 2 | 4.5 | = 6 |
2 | = 2.6666666666667 | 5 | = 6.6666666666667 |
2.5 | = 3.3333333333333 | 5.5 | = 7.3333333333333 |
3 | = 4 | 6 | = 8 |
palms | hands |
---|---|
1 | = 0.75 |
1.3333333 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
---|---|
≡ | 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 …) |