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Foot

A foot (plural: feet) is a unit of length commonly used in the United States, the United Kingdom, and some other countries. One foot equals 12 inches or about 0.3048 meters. Feet are often used to measure height, room dimensions, and short distances. For example, a person might be 5 feet 8 inches tall. The abbreviation for foot is "ft". Although many countries use the metric system, feet remain popular in daily life and construction in countries using the imperial system.

Centiinch

A centiinch is a very small unit of length equal to one-hundredth of an inch (0.01 inch). It is not commonly used in everyday measurement but may appear in fields requiring precise fractional measurements based on the inch.

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  1 centiinch = 0.01 inch

  
  
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  Equivalent to 0.254 millimeters

  
  
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  Used for fine measurements where inch subdivisions are preferred

  
  
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  Rare and mostly of specialized or historical interest

  
  

The centiinch allows for more detailed measurements within the inch system, similar to how centimeters subdivide a meter.