This is a list of units of measurement based on

human body The human body is the structure of a Human, human being. It is composed of many different types of Cell (biology), cells that together create Tissue (biology), tissues and subsequently organ systems. They ensure homeostasis and the life, viabi ...

parts or the attributes and abilities of humans (anthropometric units). It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human-based. These units are thus considered to be

human scale Human scale is the set of physical qualities, and quantities of information, characterizing the human body, its motor, sensory, or mental capabilities, and human social institutions. Science vs. human scale Many of the objects of scientific in ...

and anthropocentric.

Area

* Quinaria - the cross-sectional area of a pipe created from a flat sheet of lead 5 digits wide * Stremma - the amount of land a person can plow in a day

Length

Ald ALD or Ald may refer to: Medicine, science and technology * Adrenoleukodystrophy, a disease linked to the X chromosome * Alcoholic liver disease * Aldolase or ALD, an enzyme occurring naturally in animals * Assistive listening device used to im ...

- the distance between a man's outstretched arms * Assbā - Arabic finger * Condylos - middle joint of finger * Cun - width of the human thumb, at the knuckle * Dactylos - Ancient Greek finger breadth *

Digit Digit may refer to: Mathematics and science * Numerical digit, as used in mathematics or computer science ** Hindu-Arabic numerals, the most common modern representation of numerical digits * Digit (anatomy), the most distal part of a limb, such ...

- length of a human finger **

Digitus The ancient Roman units of measurement were primarily founded on the Hellenic system, which in turn was influenced by the Egyptian system and the Mesopotamian system. The Roman units were comparatively consistent and well documented. Length T ...

- Ancient Roman digit *

Etzba Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement were used primarily by ancient Israelites and appear frequently within the Hebrew Bible as well as in later rabbinic writings, such as the Mishnah and Talmud. These units of measurement continue to be used ...

- fingerbreadth *

Fathom A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to , used especially for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is neither an International Standard (SI) unit, nor an internationally-accepted non-SI unit. Hi ...

- the distance between the fingertips of a man's outstretched arms *

Finger A finger is a limb of the body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of most of the Tetrapods, so also with humans and other primates. Most land vertebrates have five fingers ( Pentadactyly). Chambers ...

Fistmele Fistmele, also known as the "brace height", is an older term used in archery to describe the correct distance (about seven inches, for a Northern European or English longbow) between a bow and its string. The term itself is a Saxon word (suffix ...

- the measure of a clenched hand with the thumb extended *

Gradus The Latin phrase ''gradus ad Parnassum'' means "steps to Parnassus". It is sometimes shortened to ''gradus''. The name ''Parnassus'' was used to denote the loftiest part of a mountain range in central Greece, a few kilometres north of Delphi, of wh ...

- Ancient Roman step *

Hand A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "h ...

- breadth of a male human hand *

Klafter The ''klafter'' is an historical unit of length, volume and area that was used in Central Europe. Unit of length As a unit of length, the ''klafter'' was derived from the span of a man's outstretched arms and was traditionally about 1.80 metr ...

- German measure of outstretched hands *

League League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football Sports * Sports league * Rugby league, full contact footba ...

- the distance a person can walk in an hour (by one definition) * *

Orgyia ''Orgyia'' is a genus of tussock moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. The species are cosmopolitan, except for the Neotropical realm. Description The male flies during the day. Its palpi are short, porr ...

- Ancient Greek fathom * Parasang - the distance an infantryman could march in a predefined period of time * Pygmē - distance from elbow to base of fingers *

Sazhen A native system of weights and measures was used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution of 1917, Russian Revolution, but it was abandoned after 21 July 1925, when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system, per the order of the Counci ...

- Russian fathom * Shaftment - width of the fist and outstretched thumb *

Span Span may refer to: Science, technology and engineering * Span (unit), the width of a human hand * Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports * Wingspan, the distance between the wingtips of a bird or aircraft * Sorbitan es ...

- width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger * Spithamē - Ancient Greek span * Zeret - Biblical span

Paces

* Haploun bēma - Ancient Greek single pace * Orgye - Arabic pace *

Pace Pace or paces may refer to: Business *Pace (transit), a bus operator in the suburbs of Chicago, US * Pace Airlines, an American charter airline *Pace Foods, a maker of a popular brand of salsa sold in North America, owned by Campbell Soup Compan ...

- a full stride, from heel to heel * Passus - the pace step of a single legionary

Ells

Ell An ell (from Proto-Germanic *''alinō'', cognate with Latin ''ulna'') is a northwestern European unit of measurement, originally understood as a cubit (the combined length of the forearm and extended hand). The word literally means "arm", and ...

** Ell (Scots) - length of an average person's arm ** Elle - German ell * Amah - Biblical ell

Cubits

* Arsh - Arabic cubit *

Cubit The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was primarily associated with the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Israelites. The term ''cubit'' is found in the Bible regarding No ...

- length of the human

forearm The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word which is most often used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anat ...

Macedonian cubit The Macedonian cubit was a unit of measurement in use in Macedonia (ancient kingdom), ancient Macedonia. It was approximately 14 inches long, making it somewhat shorter than other cubit measurements used in the ancient world. See also

*Ancient ...

Cubitus ''Cubitus'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the ''Wowser'' cartoon series appearing in the United States. ''Cubitus'' was created by the Belgian cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphi ...

- Ancient Roman cubit * Pēchys - Ancient Greek cubit

Palms

* Cabda - Arabic palm * Chetvert/Piad - Russian span/palm * Palaistē/dōron - Ancient Greek palm * Palm - breadth of four fingers * Palmus - Ancient Roman palm * Tefah/Tefach - Biblical palm

Inches

* Duym - Tatar thumb/inch *

Inch Measuring tape with inches The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to yard or of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth") ...

- width of the thumb (by some definitions) * Uncia - Roman inch *

Zoll Zoll may refer to: * Zoll, abbreviation for the German Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service) * Zoll, German unit of length, of a Fuß, similar to the Imperial Inch People * Andrzej Zoll (born 1942), Polish lawyer, former judge and pr ...

- German inch

Feet

Foot The foot ( : feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made ...

- length of the human foot * Arabic foot * Fuß - German foot * Russian fut - Russian foot * Tatar fut - Tatar foot *

Pes Pes (Latin for "foot") or the acronym PES may refer to: Pes * Pes (unit), a Roman unit of length measurement roughly corresponding with a foot * Pes or podatus, a * Pes (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia * Pes (river), a river ...

- Roman foot * Pous - Greek foot

Loudness

* Phon *

Sone The sone () is a unit of loudness, the subjective perception of sound pressure. The study of perceived loudness is included in the topic of psychoacoustics and employs methods of psychophysics. Doubling the perceived loudness doubles the sone v ...

Mass

* Picul - the weight a person can carry

Time

* Nimesha - the time it takes for a person to blink *

Paramanu Paramanu is a technical term in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. It is defined as the smallest and indivisible particle of matter. In Hindi language paramanu refers to the atom. In Jainism it is one of the two types of Pudgala (matter), the other ...

- interval of blinking in humans

Volume

* Choenix - a man's daily grain ration * Finger tip unit *

Koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about . It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1000 gō. One ''gō'' is the volume of the "rice cup", the plastic measuring cup that is supplied ...

- the amount of rice needed to feed a person for a year * Japanese masu - the amount of rice needed to feed a person for a day

Miscellaneous

Garn Garn may refer to: People *Garn Stephens, American actress and writer for television, 1970s to 1990s * Jake Garn (born 1932), American politician from Utah, Navy officer and astronaut *Kevin Garn (born 1955), American politician from Utah *Stanle ...

- unit of measure for symptoms resulting from

space adaptation syndrome Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by as many as half of all space travelers during their adaptation to weightlessness once in orbit. It is the opposite of terrestrial motion sickness since it occurs when ...

; equal to complete incapacitation; named for Jake Garn