page_title: Digit (unit)
hierarchical_section_title: Digit (unit)
caption_attribution_description: English: Hand derived units of measurement. Shaftment (palm and extended thumb) about 2 palms or 6 inches Hand (In English, a “Hand” or “Handbreadth” is commonly used to represent the width of the palm, sometimes including the thumb when closed against the palm.) about 4 inches Palm (In English, a "Palm" is commonly used to represent four fingers held together, which is slightly less than the true width of the palm at the knuckles.) about 3 inches or 4 fingers Span (from little finger tip to thumb tip) about 3 palms, 9 inches or 12 fingers Finger (or fingerbreadth) about 3/4 inch or 1/16 foot Digit (In English, “digit” and “finger” are used to represent the width of a finger. However, the value of the digit is slightly less than the value of the finger.) Thumb (not indicated) about 1 inch or 1/12 foot
context_page_description: The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally based on the breadth of a human finger. It was a fundamental unit of length in the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Roman systems of measurement.
  In astronomy a digit is one twelfth of the diameter of the sun or the moon.
context_section_description: The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally based on the breadth of a human finger. It was a fundamental unit of length in the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Roman systems of measurement.
  In astronomy a digit is one twelfth of the diameter of the sun or the moon.
caption: Some hand-based measurements, including the digit (6)
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