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units of measurement A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude (mathematics), magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can ...

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 Anthropocentrism (; ) is the belief that human beings are the central or most important entity in the universe. The term can be used interchangeably with humanocentrism, and some refer to the concept as human supremacy or human exceptionalism. ...

Area

Quinaria A quinaria (plural: quinariae) is a Roman unit of area, roughly equal to . Its primary use was to measure the cross-sectional area of pipes in Roman water distribution systems. A "one quinaria" pipe is in diameter. In Roman times, there was c ...

- the cross-sectional area of a pipe created from a flat sheet of lead 5 digits wide *

Stremma The stremma ( stremmata; el, στρέμμα, ''strémma'') is a Greek unit of land area equal to 1,000 square metres. Historically, stremmata were not standardized, and may have been anywhere from . History The Ancient Greece, ancient Greek Greek ...

- 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 - length of a human finger ** Digitus - 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 - 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 - Ancient Greek fathom *

Parasang The parasang is a historical Iranian unit of walking distance, the length of which varied according to terrain and speed of travel. The European equivalent is the league. In modern terms the distance is about 3 or 3½ miles (4.8 or 5.6 km). Hist ...

- 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 The shaftment is an obsolete unit of length defined since the 12th century as 6 inches, which nowadays is exactly . A shaftment was traditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb. The lengths of poles, staves, etc. can be easily measu ...

- 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 ester ...

- 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 A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (approximately ), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately ). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. The word "pace" is al ...

- 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 ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...

- 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 Palm most commonly refers to: * Palm of the hand, the central region of the front of the hand * Palm plants, of family Arecaceae **List of Arecaceae genera * Several other plants known as "palm" Palm or Palms may also refer to: Music * Palm (ba ...

- 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 - 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 - Roman foot *

Pous The pous ( podes; grc-gre, ποῦς, ''poûs'') or Greek foot ( feet) was a Greek unit of length. It had various subdivisions whose lengths varied by place and over time. 100 podes made up one plethron, 600 podes made up a stade (the G ...

- Greek foot

Loudness

Phon The phon is a logarithmic physical unit, unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds. Loudness is measured in sone which is a linear unit. Human sensitivity to sound is variable across different frequencies; therefore, although two diff ...

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 A picul or tam is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". History The word ''picul'' appeared as early as the mid 9th century in Javanese. Following Spanish, Portuguese, British and m ...

- 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 In Jainism, Pud ...

- interval of blinking in humans

Volume

* Choenix - a man's daily grain ration *

Finger tip unit In medicine, a finger tip unit (FTU) is defined as the amount of ointment, cream or other semi-solid dosage form expressed from a tube with a 5 mm diameter nozzle, applied from the distal skin-crease to the tip of the index finger of an adult.F ...

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 - 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 Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in s ...