Inch: Misc

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the Stowe Recreation Path received the majority of its funding from selling of pieces of it, as small as an inch?
while the monthly average rainfall for Oahu in August is 0.8 inches, 1959's Hurricane Dot dumped 2.66 inches of rain over the island?
the Northern Barred Frog of Australia (pictured) has a tadpole which reaches 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) in length?
the merchant ship Empire Celia was still armed with a 4-inch gun over three years after the end of the Second World War?
Will Jefferson is probably the tallest professional cricketer ever, at about 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall?
Rumaisa Rahman, born prematurely in Chicago on September 19, 2004, was 8 inches (20 cm) long and weighed 8½ oz. (244 g) at birth?

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Memory-beta

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Earth measurements are used as the standard unit of measurement in the United Federation of Planets.

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Length

Kilometer

A kilometer (km) is an SI (System Internationale) unit of length equal to one thousand meters.

1 km ~ 0.62137 miles

(TOS movie: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

See also: kilometer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Millimeter

A millimeter (mm) is an SI unit of length equal to 1/1,000 of a meter.

1 mm ~ 0.03937 inches

(TOS episode: "The Savage Curtain")

See also: millimeter article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Inch

An inch (in) was originally based on the width of an average person's thumb. It was later refined based on SI units.

1 inch ~ 2.54 cm

(TOS episode: "Is There In Truth No Beauty?")

See also: inch article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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An inch was a measurement of length.

Appearances

Ewoks 11: The Incredible Shrinking Princess
Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning
X-wing: Wraith Squadron

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