Assertion: different unit | /r/HasProperty | defined
Facets:
value: independently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In antiquity, systems of measurement were defined locally: the different units might be defined independently according to the length of a king's thumb or the size of his foot, the length of stride, the length of arm, or maybe the weight of water in a keg of specific size, perhaps itself defined in hands and knuckles.