unit of measurement used to find length of your thumb= ________
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Old English a span was “the distance between the thumb and little finger of an extended hand,” roughly nine inches. Again, it all depended on whose hand. thumb was probably the basis of the measurement now called an inch.
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span
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a span is the distance measured by a human hand ,from the tip of the thumb to
the tip of the little finger . In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit.
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