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US survey yards

American unit of length first defined in 1893
Intangible unit_of_length Q61769985
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US survey yards

Summary

US survey yards is an unit of length[1].

Key Facts

  • US survey yards's instance of is recorded as unit of length[2].
  • US survey yards's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit[3].
  • US survey yards's measured physical quantity is recorded as length[4].
  • +1893-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of US survey yards[5].
  • US survey yards's has cause is recorded as Mendenhall Order[6].
  • US survey yards's has effect is recorded as foot (US survey)[7].
  • US survey yards's different from is recorded as yard[8].
  • US survey yards's different from is recorded as international yard[9].
  • US survey yards's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+0.914402'}[10].
  • US survey yards's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+0.91440183'}[11].
  • US survey yards's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q61749573', 'amount': '+3'}[12].
  • US survey yards's defining formula is recorded as \frac{3600}{3937}\;\text{m}[13].
  • US survey yards's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q61769985 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)[14].
  • US survey yards's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • US survey yards's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "SurveyYards"[16].
  • US survey yards's UCUM code is recorded as [yd_us][17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1893: Part II. Appendices relating to the methods, discussions, and results of the Coast and geodetic survey. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 24 FR 5348. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1893: Part II. Appendices relating to the methods, discussions, and results of the Coast and geodetic survey. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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