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hand = 0.1016 meter
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Sample Conversions:
hand = .0017376 arpentlin, .88888889 cloth finger, 2.64E-10 earth to moon (mean distance earth to moon), 578.16 en (typography en), .00333333 engineers chain, .33333333 foot, .00111111 football field, .21953897 Greek cubit, .05488474 Greek fathom, .43907794 Greek span, .00002104 league, 48 line, 1.33 palm, 3.29E-18 parsec, 24 pica (typography pica), 289.08 point (typography point), .22857143 Roman cubit, .00111111 soccer field, 3.35 sun (Japanese sun), .12124886 vara (Mexican vara).

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