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Length/Distance | Convert from barleycorn to yoctometer |
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Common Length Conversions Metric Length Conversions Unit Definition (barleycorn) The Barleycorn is an old English unit of length. The custom of using seeds as units of length or weight is very common in farming societies. In Anglo-Saxon England, where barley was a basic crop, barleycorns played this traditional role. The weight of a barleycorn, later renamed the grain, is the original basis of all English weight systems including the older troy system and the later avoirdupois system. As a length unit, 3 barleycorns were equal to the Saxon ynce (inch). The English foot was actually defined as 12 of these ynces, that is, as 36 barleycorns. Unit Definition (yoctometer) The yoctometre (or yoctometer), symbol: ym, is a decimal fraction of a metre, from the International System of Units. One yoctometre is 1x10-24 (1e-24) in scientific notation. Very small!
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