Digit (unit)
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digit-unit-230-349048
title:
Digit (unit)
text:
The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally based on the breadth of a human finger. It was a fundamental unit of length in the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Roman systems of measurement. In astronomy a digit is one twelfth of the diameter of the sun or the moon.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_(unit)
date created:
2005-02-28T23:38:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T12:25:08Z
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13
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