| stick | 1 stick | 2 stick | 3 stick | 4 stick | 5 stick | 6 stick | 7 stick | 8 stick | 9 stick | 10 stick | 11 stick | 12 stick | 13 stick | 14 stick | 15 stick | 16 stick | 17 stick | 18 stick | 19 stick | 20 stick | 21 stick | 22 stick | 23 stick | 24 stick | 25 stick | 26 stick | 27 stick | 28 stick | 29 stick | 30 stick | 31 stick | 32 stick | 33 stick | 34 stick | 35 stick | 36 stick | 37 stick | 38 stick | 39 stick | 40 stick | 41 stick | 42 stick | 43 stick | 44 stick | 45 stick | 46 stick | 47 stick | 48 stick | 49 stick | 50 stick | 51 stick | 52 stick | 53 stick | 54 stick | 55 stick | 56 stick | 57 stick | 58 stick | 59 stick | 60 stick | 61 stick | 62 stick | 63 stick | 64 stick | 65 stick | 66 stick | 67 stick | 68 stick | 69 stick | 70 stick | 71 stick | 72 stick | 73 stick | 74 stick | 75 stick | 76 stick | 77 stick | 78 stick | 79 stick | 80 stick | 81 stick | 82 stick | 83 stick | 84 stick | 85 stick | 86 stick | 87 stick | 88 stick | 89 stick | 90 stick | 91 stick | 92 stick | 93 stick | 94 stick | 95 stick | 96 stick | 97 stick | 98 stick | 99 stick | 100 stick |
| hand | 0.5 hand | 1 hand | 1.5 hand | 2 hand | 2.5 hand | 3 hand | 3.5 hand | 4 hand | 4.5 hand | 5 hand | 5.5 hand | 6 hand | 6.5 hand | 7 hand | 7.5 hand | 8 hand | 8.5 hand | 9 hand | 9.5 hand | 10 hand | 10.5 hand | 11 hand | 11.5 hand | 12 hand | 12.5 hand | 13 hand | 13.5 hand | 14 hand | 14.5 hand | 15 hand | 15.5 hand | 16 hand | 16.5 hand | 17 hand | 17.5 hand | 18 hand | 18.5 hand | 19 hand | 19.5 hand | 20 hand | 20.5 hand | 21 hand | 21.5 hand | 22 hand | 22.5 hand | 23 hand | 23.5 hand | 24 hand | 24.5 hand | 25 hand | 25.5 hand | 26 hand | 26.5 hand | 27 hand | 27.5 hand | 28 hand | 28.5 hand | 29 hand | 29.5 hand | 30 hand | 30.5 hand | 31 hand | 31.5 hand | 32 hand | 32.5 hand | 33 hand | 33.5 hand | 34 hand | 34.5 hand | 35 hand | 35.5 hand | 36 hand | 36.5 hand | 37 hand | 37.5 hand | 38 hand | 38.5 hand | 39 hand | 39.5 hand | 40 hand | 40.5 hand | 41 hand | 41.5 hand | 42 hand | 42.5 hand | 43 hand | 43.5 hand | 44 hand | 44.5 hand | 45 hand | 45.5 hand | 46 hand | 46.5 hand | 47 hand | 47.5 hand | 48 hand | 48.5 hand | 49 hand | 49.5 hand | 50 hand |
In typography, the stick, stickful, or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type. In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words. In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each. A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.
| Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stick | ≡ 2 in | = 0.0508 m | Other (Length) |
| sticks | hands | sticks | hands |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = 0.5 | 4 | = 2 |
| 1.5 | = 0.75 | 4.5 | = 2.25 |
| 2 | = 1 | 5 | = 2.5 |
| 2.5 | = 1.25 | 5.5 | = 2.75 |
| 3 | = 1.5 | 6 | = 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hand | ≡ 4 in | ≡ 0.1016 m | Metric system Non-SI |
| hands | sticks | hands | sticks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = 2 | 4 | = 8 |
| 1.5 | = 3 | 4.5 | = 9 |
| 2 | = 4 | 5 | = 10 |
| 2.5 | = 5 | 5.5 | = 11 |
| 3 | = 6 | 6 | = 12 |
| sticks | hands |
|---|---|
| 1 | = 0.5 |
| 2 | = 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 …) |