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finger | 0.0169152 finger (US) | 0.0338304 finger (US) | 0.0507455 finger (US) | 0.0676607 finger (US) | 0.0845759 finger (US) | 0.1014911 finger (US) | 0.1184063 finger (US) | 0.1353214 finger (US) | 0.1522366 finger (US) | 0.1691518 finger (US) | 0.1860670 finger (US) | 0.2029821 finger (US) | 0.2198973 finger (US) | 0.2368125 finger (US) | 0.2537277 finger (US) | 0.2706429 finger (US) | 0.2875580 finger (US) | 0.3044732 finger (US) | 0.3213884 finger (US) | 0.3383036 finger (US) | 0.3552188 finger (US) | 0.3721339 finger (US) | 0.3890491 finger (US) | 0.4059643 finger (US) | 0.4228795 finger (US) | 0.4397947 finger (US) | 0.4567098 finger (US) | 0.4736250 finger (US) | 0.4905402 finger (US) | 0.5074554 finger (US) | 0.5243705 finger (US) | 0.5412857 finger (US) | 0.5582009 finger (US) | 0.5751161 finger (US) | 0.5920313 finger (US) | 0.6089464 finger (US) | 0.6258616 finger (US) | 0.6427768 finger (US) | 0.6596920 finger (US) | 0.6766072 finger (US) | 0.6935223 finger (US) | 0.7104375 finger (US) | 0.7273527 finger (US) | 0.7442679 finger (US) | 0.7611830 finger (US) | 0.7780982 finger (US) | 0.7950134 finger (US) | 0.8119286 finger (US) | 0.8288438 finger (US) | 0.8457589 finger (US) | 0.8626741 finger (US) | 0.8795893 finger (US) | 0.8965045 finger (US) | 0.9134197 finger (US) | 0.9303348 finger (US) | 0.9472500 finger (US) | 0.9641652 finger (US) | 0.9810804 finger (US) | 0.9979956 finger (US) | 1.0149107 finger (US) | 1.0318259 finger (US) | 1.0487411 finger (US) | 1.0656563 finger (US) | 1.0825714 finger (US) | 1.0994866 finger (US) | 1.1164018 finger (US) | 1.1333170 finger (US) | 1.1502322 finger (US) | 1.1671473 finger (US) | 1.1840625 finger (US) | 1.2009777 finger (US) | 1.2178929 finger (US) | 1.2348081 finger (US) | 1.2517232 finger (US) | 1.2686384 finger (US) | 1.2855536 finger (US) | 1.3024688 finger (US) | 1.3193840 finger (US) | 1.3362991 finger (US) | 1.3532143 finger (US) | 1.3701295 finger (US) | 1.3870447 finger (US) | 1.4039598 finger (US) | 1.4208750 finger (US) | 1.4377902 finger (US) | 1.4547054 finger (US) | 1.4716206 finger (US) | 1.4885357 finger (US) | 1.5054509 finger (US) | 1.5223661 finger (US) | 1.5392813 finger (US) | 1.5561965 finger (US) | 1.5731116 finger (US) | 1.5900268 finger (US) | 1.6069420 finger (US) | 1.6238572 finger (US) | 1.6407723 finger (US) | 1.6576875 finger (US) | 1.6746027 finger (US) | 1.6915179 finger (US) |
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 (Didot; European) | pt | ≡ 1⁄12 × 1⁄72 of pied du roi; | ≈ 0.00037597 m; | Other (Length) |
points (Didot; European) | finger | points (Didot; European) | finger |
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1 | ≈ 0.016915178852643 | 4 | ≈ 0.067660715410574 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.025372768278965 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.076118304836895 |
2 | ≈ 0.033830357705287 | 5 | ≈ 0.084575894263217 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.042287947131609 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.093033483689539 |
3 | ≈ 0.05074553655793 | 6 | ≈ 0.10149107311586 |
A finger (sometimes fingerbreadth or finger's breadth) is any of several units of measurement that are approximately the width of an adult human finger, including:
The digit, also known as digitus or digitus transversus (Latin), dactyl (Greek) or dactylus, or finger's breadth — 3⁄4 of an inch or 1⁄16 of a foot.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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finger | finger (US) | ≡ 7⁄8 in | = 0.022225 m | Imperial/US |
finger | points (Didot; European) | finger | points (Didot; European) |
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1 | ≈ 59.118499940882 | 4 | ≈ 236.47399976353 |
1.5 | ≈ 88.677749911322 | 4.5 | ≈ 266.03324973397 |
2 | ≈ 118.23699988176 | 5 | ≈ 295.59249970441 |
2.5 | ≈ 147.7962498522 | 5.5 | ≈ 325.15174967485 |
3 | ≈ 177.35549982264 | 6 | ≈ 354.71099964529 |
points (Didot; European) | finger |
---|---|
1 | ≈ 0.0169152 |
59.1184999 | ≈ 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 …) |