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Rod (unit)

The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and a unit of length with various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units, it is defined as 16+1⁄2 feet, equal to exactly 1⁄320 of a mile, or 5+1⁄2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit of length…

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Imperial/US units
16+1⁄2 ft
metric (SI) units
5.0292 m
Unit of
length
Unit system
imperial/US units

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Rod (unit)

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Imperial/US units · 1
Rod (unit) → 16+1⁄2 ft
metric (SI) units · 1
Rod (unit) → 5.0292 m
Unit of · 1
Rod (unit) → length
Unit system · 1
Rod (unit) → imperial/US units

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feet unit rod chain perch rods also length used units square yards acre 16 area measure survey metres exactly one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Rod (unit)Imperial/US units16+1⁄2 ft1.00infobox
Rod (unit)metric (SI) units5.0292 m1.00infobox
Rod (unit)Unit oflength1.00infobox
Rod (unit)Unit systemimperial/US units1.00infobox
surveyor lasersinstance offirst by steel tapes and later by electronic tools0.80text
optical target devices for surveying landsinstance offirst by steel tapes and later by electronic tools0.80text
North Americainstance ofhave been used for several centuries in Britain and in many other countries influenced by British practices0.80text
Australiainstance ofhave been used for several centuries in Britain and in many other countries influenced by British practices0.80text
those used by George Washington were generally made of dimensionally stable metalinstance ofsurveyor rods0.80text

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