hand

Summary

hand is an obsolete unit of length^[1]. hand ranks in the top 9% of obsolete_unit_of_length entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,014 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• hand's instance of is recorded as obsolete unit of length^[3].
• hand's instance of is recorded as English unit of measurement^[4].
• hand's instance of is recorded as human-based unit of measurement^[5].
• hand's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit^[6].
• hand's measured physical quantity is recorded as length^[7].
• hand's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g8lv^[8].
• hand's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/hand-measurement^[9].
• hand's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.1016'}^[10].
• hand's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+4'}^[11].
• hand's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q1552740 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)^[12].
• hand's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "Hands"^[13].
• hand's UCUM code is recorded as [hd_i]^[14].
• hand's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 13675711-n^[15].

Why It Matters

hand ranks in the top 9% of obsolete_unit_of_length entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,014 views/month).^[2] hand has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] hand is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]