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Nail (Cloth)

A nail is a traditional unit of length used in cloth measurement, equal to 2¼ inches or approximately 5.715 centimeters. It was commonly used by tailors and fabric merchants in England to measure small lengths of fabric.

The term “nail” likely originates from the practice of marking lengths on a measuring stick with notches or nails, making it easy to measure fabric quickly. The nail was a convenient subdivision of the yard, with 1 yard = 16 nails.

Though obsolete today, the nail remains an interesting part of historical textile measurement systems.

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  1 nail = 2¼ inches (5.715 cm)

  
  
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  1 yard = 16 nails

  
  
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  Used historically in tailoring and fabric trade

  
  
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  Originates from notches or nails on measuring sticks

  
  

Sun’s Radius

The radius of the Sun is the distance from its center to its surface (photosphere).

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  It is approximately 696,340 kilometers (about 432,685 miles).

  
  
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  The Sun is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, and this radius defines its visible "surface."

  
  
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  The Sun’s radius is about 109 times the radius of Earth.

  
  

Key facts:

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  Sun’s radius ≈ 696,340 km

  
  
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  Defines the size of the Sun’s visible surface

  
  
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  Critical for understanding solar structure and scale

  
  

Knowing the Sun’s radius helps astronomers model solar phenomena and compare the Sun with other stars.