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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
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)