A chain is 22 yards.
It's an old English measurement; 10 chains make a furlong (contraction of furrow long) and eight furlongs make a mile.
A piece of land that is a chain wide and a "furrow-long" is 10 square chains, but it's better known as an acre. In medieval strip architecture each peasant was allocated a strip of land one chain wide and one furrow-long. The lord of the manor provided the chain.
A broken chain stands for the act of becoming free. chains were used to fetter slaves.
Chain migration refers to the process where foreigners from a certain city of region tend to migrate to the same area as others from their city or region. It can also refer to the process where relatives who have previously migrated to a new country can sponsor family to migrate to the same city by sponsoring them.
The measurement of one's ability to do work, in scientific terms, is energy.
Recording the location of a star requires a measurement of altitude, azimuth, and time.
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Linear measurement just means measurement of length in a straight line
An acre is equal to 4,840 square yards. The original definition of an acre was to cover a rectangle of 22 yards (one chain) by 220 yards (a furlong).
Unit of measurement for sound
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the side of an angle measurement
It means land or earth measurement.
The whole measurement of a angle.
This unit of measurement is different in different professions. A surveyor's chain is 66 feet. An engineer's chain is 100 feet.
Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.Yes, this can be considered the definition of perpendicular lines (or alternately, the definition of angular measurement). Perpendicular lines are lines that form an angle of 90 degrees.
A protein is by definition, a chain of amino acids.
Shot A unit of length used for anchor chain on ships, = 15 fathoms = 90 feet from
there are loads of RIDICULOUS imperial units like: the measurement for a foot was decided after Henry the eighths foot was measured! the measurement for a chain wad decided after... you guessed it! they measured a chain. and so on...