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Barleycorn - traditional English length unit
Barleycorn is a historical unit of length in the Imperial/US systems, originally based on a grain of barley. Used today mainly as the step size in UK/Irish shoe sizing
- Symbol: none standardized (sometimes "bc")
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 barleycorn = 1/3 in (exact); 3 barleycorns = 1 in; 36 barleycorns = 1 ft
- Metric equivalents: 1 barleycorn = 25.4/3 mm ≈ 8.466666… mm ≈ 0.846666… cm
- Typical examples: consecutive UK shoe sizes differ by one barleycorn (≈ 1/3 in) in last length
Mile (mi) — Imperial/US statute mile defined exactly as 1,609.344 meters
Standard for road distances in the US and UK. Historically derived from Roman measures, now metrically fixed for conversion.
- Symbol: mi
- System: Imperial/US customary
- Exact relations: 1 mi = 1,609.344 m = 1.609344 km (exact)
- Other relations: 1 mi = 5,280 ft = 1,760 yd
- Typical examples: highway signage, race distances (marathon ≈ 26.219 mi)