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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
Nautical mile (nmi) — unit for marine and air navigation defined exactly as 1,852 meters
Closely tied to Earth’s geometry; one minute of latitude is approximately one nautical mile. Speeds at sea and in air use knots.
- Symbols: nmi, NM
- Systems: Maritime/Aviation
- Exact relations: 1 nmi = 1,852 m = 1.852 km (exact)
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 nmi ≈ 1.15078 mi ≈ 6,076.11549 ft
- Typical examples: charted distances; 1 knot = 1 nmi/h