#linear_unit  a unit of measurement of length
  supertype:  linear_measure  distance (pm)
  subtype:  astronomy_unit__astronomyunit  a linear unit used for astronomical distances
     subtype:  light_year__lightyear  the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers
     subtype:  light_hour__lighthour  the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers
     subtype:  light_minute__lightminute  the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometers
     subtype:  light_second__lightsecond  the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second; approximately 300,000 kilometers
     subtype:  Astronomical_Unit__AU  a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
     subtype:  parsec__secpar  a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
  subtype:  metric_linear_unit  a linear unit of distance in metric terms
     subtype:  femtometer__femtometre__fermi  a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
     subtype:  picometer__picometre__micromicron  a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
     subtype:  angstrom_unit__angstrom__A  a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
     subtype:  nanometer__nanometre__millimicron__micromillimetre  a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
     subtype:  micron__micrometer  a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
     subtype:  millimeter__millimetre__mm  a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
     subtype:  centimeter__centimetre__cm  a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
     subtype:  decimeter__decimetre__dm  a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter
     subtype:  meter__metre__m  the basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
     subtype:  decameter__dekameter__decametre__dekametre__dam__dkm  a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
     subtype:  hectometer__hectometre__hm  a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
     subtype:  kilometer__kilometre__km__klick  a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
     subtype:  myriameter__myriametre__mym  a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
  subtype:  nautical_linear_unit  a linear unit of distance used in navigation
     subtype:  international_nautical_mile__nautical_mile__mile__mi__naut_mi__knot__air_mile__airmile  a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
     subtype:  nautical_mile__naut_mi__mile__mi__geographical_mile__Admiralty_mile  a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)
     subtype:  sea_mile__seamile__mile  a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)
  subtype:  inch__in  a unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot
  subtype:  ft__foot  a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
  subtype:  footer  (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer" or "the golfer sank a 40-footer" or "his yacht is a 60-footer"
  subtype:  yard__pace  a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
  subtype:  perch.linear_unit__rod  (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet
  subtype:  furlong  a unit of length equal to 220 yards
  subtype:  statute_mile__statutemile__mile__stat_mi__land_mile__mi  a unit of length equal to 1760 yards
  subtype:  half_mile__880_yards__880yard  a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile
  subtype:  quarter_mile__quartermile__440_yards__440yard  a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
  subtype:  league.linear_unit  an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
  subtype:  ligne  a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
  subtype:  nail.linear_unit  a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
  subtype:  archine  a Russian unit of length (71 cm)
  subtype:  kos__ko__coss  an Indian unit of length having different values in different localities
  subtype:  vara  a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
  subtype:  verst  a Russian unit of length (1.067 km)
  subtype:  cable_length__cablelength__cable__cable's_length__cable'slength  a nautical unit of depth
  subtype:  chain.linear_unit  a unit of length
     subtype:  Gunter's_chain  a unit of length (22 yards)
     subtype:  engineer's_chain  a unit of length (100 ft)
     subtype:  nautical_chain  a nautical unit of length (15 ft)
  subtype:  cubit  an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm
  subtype:  fingerbreadth__finger__finger's_breadth__digit  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
  subtype:  body_length  the length of your body
  subtype:  handbreadth__handsbreadth  any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
     subtype:  hand.handbreadth  a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses; "the horse stood 20 hands"
  subtype:  head.linear_unit  the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
  subtype:  lea  a unit of length of thread or yarn
  subtype:  li  Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers
  subtype:  link.linear_unit  a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
  subtype:  mesh  the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen" or "100 mesh powdered cellulose"
  subtype:  mil  a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
  subtype:  Swedish_mile__mile  a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
  subtype:  Roman_mile__mile  an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards
  subtype:  Roman_pace  an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground
  subtype:  geometric_pace__geometricpace  a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
  subtype:  military_pace  the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
  subtype:  palm  a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
  subtype:  span.linear_unit  a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
  subtype:  fthm__fathom  a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
  subtype:  point.linear_unit  a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
  subtype:  pica_em__em__pica  a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
  subtype:  en__nut  half the width of an em
  subtype:  cicero  a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em

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