quarter | 1 qr. | 2 qr. | 3 qr. | 4 qr. | 5 qr. | 6 qr. | 7 qr. | 8 qr. | 9 qr. | 10 qr. | 11 qr. | 12 qr. | 13 qr. | 14 qr. | 15 qr. | 16 qr. | 17 qr. | 18 qr. | 19 qr. | 20 qr. | 21 qr. | 22 qr. | 23 qr. | 24 qr. | 25 qr. | 26 qr. | 27 qr. | 28 qr. | 29 qr. | 30 qr. | 31 qr. | 32 qr. | 33 qr. | 34 qr. | 35 qr. | 36 qr. | 37 qr. | 38 qr. | 39 qr. | 40 qr. | 41 qr. | 42 qr. | 43 qr. | 44 qr. | 45 qr. | 46 qr. | 47 qr. | 48 qr. | 49 qr. | 50 qr. | 51 qr. | 52 qr. | 53 qr. | 54 qr. | 55 qr. | 56 qr. | 57 qr. | 58 qr. | 59 qr. | 60 qr. | 61 qr. | 62 qr. | 63 qr. | 64 qr. | 65 qr. | 66 qr. | 67 qr. | 68 qr. | 69 qr. | 70 qr. | 71 qr. | 72 qr. | 73 qr. | 74 qr. | 75 qr. | 76 qr. | 77 qr. | 78 qr. | 79 qr. | 80 qr. | 81 qr. | 82 qr. | 83 qr. | 84 qr. | 85 qr. | 86 qr. | 87 qr. | 88 qr. | 89 qr. | 90 qr. | 91 qr. | 92 qr. | 93 qr. | 94 qr. | 95 qr. | 96 qr. | 97 qr. | 98 qr. | 99 qr. | 100 qr. |
span | 1 span | 2 span | 3 span | 4 span | 5 span | 6 span | 7 span | 8 span | 9 span | 10 span | 11 span | 12 span | 13 span | 14 span | 15 span | 16 span | 17 span | 18 span | 19 span | 20 span | 21 span | 22 span | 23 span | 24 span | 25 span | 26 span | 27 span | 28 span | 29 span | 30 span | 31 span | 32 span | 33 span | 34 span | 35 span | 36 span | 37 span | 38 span | 39 span | 40 span | 41 span | 42 span | 43 span | 44 span | 45 span | 46 span | 47 span | 48 span | 49 span | 50 span | 51 span | 52 span | 53 span | 54 span | 55 span | 56 span | 57 span | 58 span | 59 span | 60 span | 61 span | 62 span | 63 span | 64 span | 65 span | 66 span | 67 span | 68 span | 69 span | 70 span | 71 span | 72 span | 73 span | 74 span | 75 span | 76 span | 77 span | 78 span | 79 span | 80 span | 81 span | 82 span | 83 span | 84 span | 85 span | 86 span | 87 span | 88 span | 89 span | 90 span | 91 span | 92 span | 93 span | 94 span | 95 span | 96 span | 97 span | 98 span | 99 span | 100 span |
The quarter (lit. "one-fourth") is used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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quarter | qr. | ≡ 1⁄4 yd | = 0.2286 m | Metric system SI |
quarters | spans | quarters | spans |
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1 | = 1 | 4 | = 4 |
1.5 | = 1.5 | 4.5 | = 4.5 |
2 | = 2 | 5 | = 5 |
2.5 | = 2.5 | 5.5 | = 5.5 |
3 | = 3 | 6 | = 6 |
A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit. Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span (thumb to little finger) and little span (index finger to little finger).
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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span | span | ≡ 9 in | = 0.2286 m | Imperial/US |
spans | quarters | spans | quarters |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 1 | 4 | = 4 |
1.5 | = 1.5 | 4.5 | = 4.5 |
2 | = 2 | 5 | = 5 |
2.5 | = 2.5 | 5.5 | = 5.5 |
3 | = 3 | 6 | = 6 |
quarters | spans |
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1 | = 1 |
1 | = 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 …) |