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Sign in to savethumb|The informal public imperial units|imperial measurement standards erected at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the 19th century: 1 British yard, 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches, and 3 inches. The inexact monument was designed to permit rods of the correct measure to fit snugly into its pins at an ambient temperature of 62 °F (16.66 °C).]] thumb|Bronze Yard No.11, the official standard of length for the United States between 1855 and 1892, when the Treasury Department formally adopted a metric standard. Bronze Yard No.11 was forged to be an exact copy of the British Imperial Stan
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A yard is a unit of measurement in the imperial system that was historically standardized through official physical artifacts, such as the British Imperial Standard and Bronze Yard No. 11 used by the United States between 1855 and 1892. These standardized yard measures were important because they ensured consistent and accurate measurements across a country or region, allowing for reliable commerce, construction, and other activities that depend on precise length.
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- Two yardsticks, used for measuring "yard goods"
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- yd
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- imperial/US units
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- Length
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- 0.9144 m
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- 3 ft    36 in
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18 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Origin
- From ell to yard
- Yard and inch
- Physical standards
- 19th-century Britain
- Definition of the yard in terms of the meter
- Current use
- Textiles and fat quarters {{Anchor|Fat quarter}}
- Equivalences
- Conversions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|The informal public imperial units|imperial measurement standards erected at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in the 19th century: 1 British yard, 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches, and 3 inches. The inexact monument was designed to permit rods of the correct measure to fit snugly into its pins at an ambient temperature of 62 °F (16.66 °C).]] thumb|Bronze Yard No.11, the official standard of length for the United States between 1855 and 1892, when the Treasury Department formally adopted a metric standard. Bronze Yard No.11 was forged to be an exact copy of the British Imperial Standard Yard held by Parliament. Both are line standards: the yard was defined by the distance at 62°F between two fine lines drawn on [[gold plugs (closeup, top) installed in recesses near each end of the bar.]]
The yard (symbol: yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it has been by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile.