Convert Foot to Smoot

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Conversion Formula:

smoot = ft × 0.179083

Convert Foot to Smoot (ft to smoot) instantly with accurate, readable results.

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Foot (ft) — Imperial/US unit defined exactly as 0.3048 meters

Common for human height, room dimensions, and construction. Part of the feet–inches notation in building trades.

  • Symbol: ft
  • System: Imperial/US customary
  • Exact relations: 1 ft = 0.3048 m = 30.48 cm = 304.8 mm (exact)
  • Other relations: 1 ft = 12 in, 3 ft = 1 yd
  • Typical examples: ceiling heights, floor plans, ladder lengths
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Smoot - humorous nonstandard length unit

Smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length equal to 5 ft 7 in, the height of Oliver R. Smoot (MIT ’62). Used to measure the Harvard Bridge in 1958 as “364.4 smoots ± 1 ear” and referenced in engineering culture and local markings

  • Symbol: none standardized (sometimes sm or smt)
  • System: Informal/non-SI
  • Exact relations: 1 smoot = 5 ft 7 in = 67 in (exact)
  • Metric equivalents: 1 smoot = 67 × 0.0254 m = 1.7018 m (exact)
  • Typical examples: Harvard Bridge markings at 10-smoot intervals; humorous unit conversions in campus lore