Historical length
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One third of an inch; the base of the historical shoe-size scale.
- Dimension
- length
- Canonical signature
- L
- System
- imperial
- Exactness
- Exact by definition
Definition record
How this unit is defined
Same dimension
Related units
Common conversions
Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.
1 barleycorn = 0.008466666666666667 m
Exact by definition relationship
10 barleycorn = 0.08466666666666667 m
Exact by definition relationship