Foot (unit of length)

Foot (unit of length)
قدم (وحدة قياس)

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  • Foot (unit) — 1 foot = SI units 0.3048 m 304.8 mm US customary / Imperial units 0.333 yd 12 in A foot (plural: feet; abbreviation or symbol: ft or ′ (the prime symbol) is a unit of length in a number of different systems including …   Wikipedia

  • Unit of length — A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance.Common units of length in the International System of Units (SI) are: * metre and its multiples, such as centimetre or kilometre Non SI units of length include: * fermi (fm) (= 1… …   Wikipedia

  • Foot (length) — unit of length name= foot m= 0.3048 accuracy=4 A foot (plural: feet or foot; [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv312.shtml BBC World Service] ] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, prime; – the prime… …   Wikipedia

  • foot — /foot/, n., pl. feet for 1 4, 8 11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. 2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function. 3.… …   Universalium

  • foot — [foot] n. pl. feet [ME fot < OE, akin to Ger fuss < IE * pōd , var. of base * pēd , foot, to go > Sans pad , Gr pous, L pes] 1. the end part of the leg, on which a person or animal stands or moves 2. a thing like a foot in some way;… …   English World dictionary

  • Length — is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end. This may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth, which are the… …   Wikipedia

  • Foot (disambiguation) — Foot may refer to or be defined as: * The foot of humans and other animals including some underwater mammals * Foot (accounting), to add a column of numbers * Foot (length), a unit of length in the customary system * Foot (prosody), a term used… …   Wikipedia

  • foot-pound-second — fu̇t .pau̇nd sek ənd adj being or relating to a system of units based upon the foot as the unit of length, the pound as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time abbr. fps …   Medical dictionary

  • foot, feet — Foot has many meanings, the most common of which are (1) a part of the body and (2) a unit of length. The plural of foot is feet. The singular is preferred in such expressions as a 3 foot ruler and a 9 foot wall, despite the fact that the… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • foot — (ft or )    a traditional unit of distance. Almost every culture has used the human foot as a unit of measurement. The natural foot (pes naturalis in Latin), an ancient unit based on the length of actual feet, is about 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) …   Dictionary of units of measurement

  • foot — /fʊt / (say foot) noun (plural feet for defs 1 21, foots for def. 22) 1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. 2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function. 3.… …  

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