Finger (unit)
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A finger is usually seven eighths of an inch
or 2.2225 cm
(for the international inch). The width of an adult human male finger tip is indeed about two centimetres. The inch
, on the other hand, originates in the breadth of a thumb. In English this unit has mostly fallen out of use.
Inch
An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot...
or 2.2225 cm
1 E-2 m
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(for the international inch). The width of an adult human male finger tip is indeed about two centimetres. The inch
Inch
An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot...
, on the other hand, originates in the breadth of a thumb. In English this unit has mostly fallen out of use.