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survey foot — a former U.S. definition of the foot as exactly 1200/3937 meter or about 30.480 060 96 centimeters. This was the official U.S. definition of the foot from 1866 to 1959; it makes the meter equal exactly 39.37 inches. In 1959 the survey foot was … Dictionary of units of measurement
Foot (unit) — 1 foot = SI units 0.3048 m 304.8 mm US customary / Imperial units 0.333 yd 12 in A foot (plural: feet; abbreviation or symbol: ft or ′ (the prime symbol) is a unit of length in a number of different systems including … Wikipedia
Foot (length) — unit of length name= foot m= 0.3048 accuracy=4 A foot (plural: feet or foot; [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv312.shtml BBC World Service] ] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, prime; – the prime… … Wikipedia
foot — (ft or ) a traditional unit of distance. Almost every culture has used the human foot as a unit of measurement. The natural foot (pes naturalis in Latin), an ancient unit based on the length of actual feet, is about 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) … Dictionary of units of measurement
Survey methodology — Sociology … Wikipedia
international foot — the current foot unit of the English speaking countries, equal to exactly 30.48 centimeters. See survey foot for additional information … Dictionary of units of measurement
Ordnance Survey — Welsh: Arolwg Ordnans Non ministerial government department overview Formed 1791 ( … Wikipedia
Public Land Survey System — Seal of the BLM The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units of area are the township and… … Wikipedia
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Diabetic foot ulcer — is one of the major complications of diabetes mellitus, and probably the major component of the diabetic foot. It occurs in 15% of all patients with diabetes and precedes 84% of all lower leg amputations.[1] Major increase in mortality among… … Wikipedia
