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barleycorn | 0.0415426 barleycorn | 0.0830851 barleycorn | 0.1246277 barleycorn | 0.1661702 barleycorn | 0.2077128 barleycorn | 0.2492553 barleycorn | 0.2907979 barleycorn | 0.3323404 barleycorn | 0.3738830 barleycorn | 0.4154255 barleycorn | 0.4569681 barleycorn | 0.4985106 barleycorn | 0.5400532 barleycorn | 0.5815957 barleycorn | 0.6231383 barleycorn | 0.6646809 barleycorn | 0.7062234 barleycorn | 0.7477660 barleycorn | 0.7893085 barleycorn | 0.8308511 barleycorn | 0.8723936 barleycorn | 0.9139362 barleycorn | 0.9554787 barleycorn | 0.9970213 barleycorn | 1.0385638 barleycorn | 1.0801064 barleycorn | 1.1216489 barleycorn | 1.1631915 barleycorn | 1.2047340 barleycorn | 1.2462766 barleycorn | 1.2878191 barleycorn | 1.3293617 barleycorn | 1.3709043 barleycorn | 1.4124468 barleycorn | 1.4539894 barleycorn | 1.4955319 barleycorn | 1.5370745 barleycorn | 1.5786170 barleycorn | 1.6201596 barleycorn | 1.6617021 barleycorn | 1.7032447 barleycorn | 1.7447872 barleycorn | 1.7863298 barleycorn | 1.8278723 barleycorn | 1.8694149 barleycorn | 1.9109574 barleycorn | 1.9525 barleycorn | 1.9940426 barleycorn | 2.0355851 barleycorn | 2.0771277 barleycorn | 2.1186702 barleycorn | 2.1602128 barleycorn | 2.2017553 barleycorn | 2.2432979 barleycorn | 2.2848404 barleycorn | 2.3263830 barleycorn | 2.3679255 barleycorn | 2.4094681 barleycorn | 2.4510106 barleycorn | 2.4925532 barleycorn | 2.5340957 barleycorn | 2.5756383 barleycorn | 2.6171809 barleycorn | 2.6587234 barleycorn | 2.7002660 barleycorn | 2.7418085 barleycorn | 2.7833511 barleycorn | 2.8248936 barleycorn | 2.8664362 barleycorn | 2.9079787 barleycorn | 2.9495213 barleycorn | 2.9910638 barleycorn | 3.0326064 barleycorn | 3.0741489 barleycorn | 3.1156915 barleycorn | 3.1572340 barleycorn | 3.1987766 barleycorn | 3.2403191 barleycorn | 3.2818617 barleycorn | 3.3234043 barleycorn | 3.3649468 barleycorn | 3.4064894 barleycorn | 3.4480319 barleycorn | 3.4895745 barleycorn | 3.5311170 barleycorn | 3.5726596 barleycorn | 3.6142021 barleycorn | 3.6557447 barleycorn | 3.6972872 barleycorn | 3.7388298 barleycorn | 3.7803723 barleycorn | 3.8219149 barleycorn | 3.8634574 barleycorn | 3.905 barleycorn | 3.9465426 barleycorn | 3.9880851 barleycorn | 4.0296277 barleycorn | 4.0711702 barleycorn | 4.1127128 barleycorn | 4.1542553 barleycorn |
In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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point (American, English) | pt | ≡ 1⁄72.272 in | ≈ 0.000351450 m | Other (Length) |
points (American, English) | barleycorns | points (American, English) | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 0.041542553191489 | 4 | ≈ 0.16617021276596 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.062313829787234 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.1869414893617 |
2 | ≈ 0.083085106382979 | 5 | ≈ 0.20771276595745 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.10385638297872 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.22848404255319 |
3 | ≈ 0.12462765957447 | 6 | ≈ 0.24925531914894 |
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 | points (American, English) | barleycorns | points (American, English) |
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1 | ≈ 24.071702944942 | 4 | ≈ 96.28681177977 |
1.5 | ≈ 36.107554417414 | 4.5 | ≈ 108.32266325224 |
2 | ≈ 48.143405889885 | 5 | ≈ 120.35851472471 |
2.5 | ≈ 60.179257362356 | 5.5 | ≈ 132.39436619718 |
3 | ≈ 72.215108834827 | 6 | ≈ 144.43021766965 |
points (American, English) | barleycorns |
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1 | ≈ 0.0415426 |
24.0717029 | ≈ 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 …) |