Fathom
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title:
Fathom
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A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet (1.8288 m), used especially for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is neither an international standard (SI) unit, nor an internationally accepted non-SI unit. Historically it was the maritime measure of depth in the English-speaking world but, apart from within the US, charts now use metres. There are two yards in an imperial fathom. Originally the span of a man's outstretched arms, the size of a f
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Unit of length
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathom
date created:
2002-12-04T15:11:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T01:54:37Z
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