Units of length

unit of length

Schoenus (; , schoinos,  "rush rope"; , "river-measure") was an ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.

measurement in Japanese architecture; today standardized as 20/11 metres

English unit of length or area

unit of length

unit of measurement used in typography or typesetting

The ligne (), or line or Paris line, is a historic unit of length used in France and elsewhere prior to the adoption of the metric system in the late 18th century, and used in various sciences after that time. The loi du 19 frimaire an VIII (Law of 10 December 1799) states that one metre is equal to exactly 443.296 French lines.

a unit of length determined by 1 minute of arc along the Earth's equator

A twip (abbreviating "twentieth of a point" or "twentieth of an inch point") is a typographical measurement, defined as of a typographical point. One twip is  inch, or 17.64 μm.

English unit of length

traditional Scandinavian unit of distance similar to the north German elle; roughly 60 centimeters

pendulum whose period is precisely two seconds

the distance around the Earth, either around the equator or around the poles

historical unit of length used by Arabs; between 1.8 and 2.0 km

The pous ( podes; , poús) or Greek foot ( feet) was a Greek unit of length of approximately 300mm or 12 inches. It had various subdivisions whose lengths varied by place and over time. 100 podes made up one plethron, 600 podes made up a stade (the Greek furlong) and 5000 made up a milion (the Greek mile). The Greek pous also has long, median and short forms.

The siriometer is an obsolete astronomical unit of length, defined to be equal to one million astronomical units (au). One siriometer is approximately . The distance from Earth to the star Sirius is then approximately 0.54 siriometers.

The zhàng () is a customary Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (Chinese feet). Its value varied over time and place with different values of the chi, although it was occasionally standardized. In 1915, the Republic of China set it equal to about 3.2meters or 3.50yards. In 1930, this was revised to an exact value of 3⅓meters (about 3.645yd).

Hvat () is a historical unit of length that was common in Croatia and Serbia analogous to fathom. The measurement system based on the hvat is called hvatski sistem (literally "hvat system").

distance measuring device used for surveying

ancient Roman unit of length

ancient unit of length and area

The lachter (also Berglachter) was a common unit of length used in the mining industry in Europe, usually to measure depth, tunnel driving and the size of mining fields; it was also used for contract work. In most German-speaking mining fields it was the most important unit of length.

2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes

Roman unit of length

unit of measurement for the length of a horse from nose to tail; approximately 2.4 m

thumb|Muggeseggele refers to the sex organ of a housefly. Muggeseggele, or Muckenseckel, is a humorous Alemannic German idiom used in Swabia to designate a nonspecific very small length or amount of something; it refers to a housefly's scrotum. It has been called the smallest Swabian unit of measurement and plays a similar role in northern Baden-Württemberg and Franconia.

thumb|Measures of length: the Schuh, Elle and Klafter at the , Regensburg thumb| explains the land survey of Wiener Neustadt at Point 1192 near the old Fischauer Gate. The symbolic survey lines on the pavement were measured in klafters. The klafter is an historical unit of length, volume and area that was used in Central Europe.

unit of length

Unit of length in digital imagery

obsolete unit of measurement