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Convert from palm [US, Roman major] to dekameter

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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).

Unit Definition (dekameter)
The dekameter or decameter is a common metric unit of distance equal to 10 meters (about 32.8084 feet).


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