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    Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

    • The foot (standard symbol: ft) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal t… See more

    Historical origin

    Historically, the human body has been used to provide the basis for units of length. The foot of an adult European-American male is typically about 15.3% of his height, giving a person of 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) a foot-length of about 268 … See more

    Definition

    The international yard and pound agreement of July 1959 defined the length of the international yard in the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations as exactly 0.9144 meters. Consequently, since a foo… See more

    Historical use

    An ISO 2848 measure of 3 basic modules (30 cm) is called a "metric foot", but there were earlier distinct definitions of a metric foot during metrication in France and Germany.
    In 1799 th… See more

    Present day uses

    International Standards Organisation (ISO)-defined intermodal containers for efficient global freight/cargo shipping, were defined using feet rather than meters for their leading outside (corner) dimensions. All ISO-standa… See more

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  1. Metric Conversion
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    To convert a measurement in feet to a measurement in inches, multiply the length by the following conversion ratio: 12 inches/foot. Since one foot is equal to 12 inches, you can use this simple formula to convert: inches = feet × 12. The …

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