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Length/Distance | Convert from league [UK nautical] to palm [Britain, Roman minor] |
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Common Length Conversions Metric Length Conversions Unit Definition (league [UK nautical]) League is a unit of distance long common in Europe and Latin America, although no longer an official unit in any nation. Unit Definition (palm [Britain, Roman minor]) A palm, when used as a unit of length, is usually four digits or three inches, i.e. 7.62 cm (for the international inch). The width of an adult human male palm is indeed about 10 centimetres.In English this unit has mostly fallen out of use, as do others based on the human arm: digit (¼ palm), finger (7/24 palm), hand (4/3 palms), shaftment (2 palms), span (3 palms), cubit (6 palms) and ell (15 palms).
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