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Yard
The yard() is an English unit of length, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches. It is by international agreement in 1959 standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters.
Unit symbol:
yd
History:
The origin of the yard as a unit is unclear. It is an English unit (predecessor of imperial units) and the term was derived from "gerd" in Old English, the earliest historical form of the English language. Some suggest that the yard could have been derived based on the girth of a person's waist.
Usage:
The yard is commonly used in field-length measurement for certain sports such as American and Canadian football, and association football (soccer). The yard is also used in cricket pitch dimensions, and sometimes in golf fairway measurements.
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| Standard Units | |
|---|---|
| Centimeters (cm) | {{cm}} |
| Decimeters (mm) | {{dm}} |
| Feet (ft) | {{ft}} |
| Inches (in) | {{inc}} |
| Kilometers (km) | {{km}} |
| Meter (m) | {{m}} |
| Miles (mi) | {{mi}} |
| Millimeter (mm) | {{mm}} |
| Other Units | |
| Chains (ch) | {{ch}} |
| Furlongs (fur) | {{fur}} |
| International Nautical Miles(nmi) | {{nmi}} |
| Lightyears (ly) | {{ly}} |
| Parsecs (pc) | {{pc}} |
| UK Nautical Miles(UKnmi) | {{UKnmi}} |