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Length/Distance | Convert from military pace [double time] to palm [US, Roman major] |
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Common Length Conversions Metric Length Conversions Unit Definition (military pace [double time]) The length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time). Unit Definition (palm [US, Roman major]) 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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