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foot

unit of length
Intangible unit_of_length Q3710
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Summary

foot is an unit of length[1]. foot draws 8,063 Wikipedia views per month (unit of length category, ranking #13 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: human-based unit of measurement[3]
  • Measured physical quantity: length[4]
  • Named after: foot[5]
  • Part of: Russian system of units[6], imperial system of units[7]
  • Commons category: Foot (unit)[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Foot (unit)[9]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10], ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[11], Otto's encyclopedia[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15], Pauly–Wissowa[16]
  • Different from: Foot[17], foot (US survey)[18], international foot[19], British Imperial foot[20], Q118847666[21]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 0.3048 m[22]
  • Conversion to standard unit: 12 inches[23], 0.00018939 miles[24], 30.48000 cm[25], 304.8000 millimetre[26], 0.333333 yard[27], 0.0000000000000000098779 parsec[28], 0.000000000000000032217 light-year[29], 3.048 decimetre[30], 0.0001644737 UK nautical miles[31], 0.0015151 furlong[32], 0.015151 chain[33], 0.000063131 US leagues[34], 0.000054860 nautical league[35], 0.000063094 UK leagues[36]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q3710 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[37]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
  • Unit symbol: ft[39], ফুট[40], futoj[41], پا[42], pieds[43], pés[44], láb[45], piedi[46], стапки[47], അടി[48], stóp[49], fot[50], футів[51], 英尺[52]

Why It Matters

foot has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] foot is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  37. [39] ↑ . ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unit symbol → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ft'}, {'lang': 'bn', 'text': 'ফুট'}, {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'futoj'} +19
    Lex id → fod
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Unit symbol: bộ"
  2. 24w ago · Uschoen · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Foot (unit)
    Conversion to standard unit → {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+12'}, {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+0.00018939'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+30.48000'} +15
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Aliases → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Hds id: 014191"
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