[DOC] [TLE] Inch - Wikipedia [PAR] An inch is a unit of length in the imperial and United States customary systems of 
measurement. Historically, an inch was also used in a number of other systems of 
units. .... The Amsterdam foot is about 8% shorter than an English foot. ... The 
United States adopted the conversion factor 1 metre = 39.37 inches by an .... 
More... [DOC] [TLE] Foot (unit) - Wikipedia [PAR] A foot is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of 
measurement. Since 1959, both units have been defined by international 
agreement as equivalent to 0.3048 meters exactly. In both systems, the foot 
comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard. ... These figures are less 
than the foot used in most cities over time, suggesting... [DOC] [TLE] Length converter - online metric conversions for length units [PAR] Length converter for a number of length measurement units. ... m, (European 
spelling: metre) A metric unit of measure that equals 39.37 inches. ... Chains 
conversion, chain, Unit of length equal to 66 feet, used especially in the U.S. 
public land... [DOC] [TLE] Mile Conversion Chart - Distance and Length Converter, The ... [PAR] Distance and Length Conversion, The American System Of Measures (US ... you 
might want to visit for ancient, medieval and other old units that are no longer 
used. .... height of equipment designed to mount in a 19-inch rack or a 23-inch 
rack. ... a relationship with the metric system by defining the meter as equal to 
39.37 in. [DOC] [TLE] Measure for Measure - The New Yorker [PAR] Oct 14, 2002 ... Lorelle Young, the president of the U.S. Metric Association, blamed Congress, ... 
The length of an aunethe old French yard, used for measuring ... Basing the 
metre on a measurement unit then current in Paris, ... Serendipitously, that length 
is a little more than thirty-nine inches, or approximately an aune. [DOC] [TLE] A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions - Part 2 [PAR] Length metre m Mass kilogram kg Time second s Electric current ampere A 
Temperature ... It is a rather large unit as defined and is more often used as a 
microfarad. ... used. deca also appears as deka [da] or [dk] in the USA and 
Contintental Europe. ... The UK inch measured 2.53998 cm while the US inch 
was 2.540005 cm. [DOC] [TLE] Units: S [PAR] In the U.S., a sack of salt is traditionally equal to 215 pounds, a sack of cotton 140 
... (This is either 10.32 or 11.32 days more than 18 years, depending on the .... 
The Scots foot equals 1.005 405 4 English foot (about 12.065 English inches or 
30.645 ... Units similar to the scruple were used throughout Europe; the French 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Old Units of Length [PAR] Jul 3, 1999 ... Length units used in land surveying are discussed in the article ... In the United 
States, a meter was sometimes defined as exactly 39.37 inches, which gave 1 
inch = 25.40005 mm, ... Divisions by powers of 2 are specially useful, since they 
are binary, and much more adapted to computers than powers of 10. [DOC] [TLE] Measurement Abbreviations - Abbreviations and Acronyms [PAR] Let's take a look at the most often used measurement abbreviations and get a 
little insight into ... A meter is equal to 39.37 inches, or slightly more than three 
feet. [DOC] [TLE] Converter.eu - Online unit converter - Length and Distance ... [PAR] online length and distance conversions, centimeter, foot, inch, kilometer, meter, ... 
Inch, in. Kilometer, km. Meter, m. Mile (US). Millimeter, mm. Nautical Mile, Nm. [DOC] [TLE] Measurements, Units of Measurement, Weights and Measures ... [PAR] Length: The International inch (1959) is 999998/1000000 of a US Survey inch. .... 
It used to be acceptable to combine two prefixes (see above "obsolete" column). 
..... grid, namely: 20 ms in Europe (50 Hz) or about 16.6667 ms in the US (60 Hz

Question: This unit of length used more in Europe than the U.S. is about 39.37 inches
Answer: the meter