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Digit (unit)

For other uses, see Digit.
Detail of the Ancient Egyptian cubit rod in the Museo Egizio of Turin, showing digit, palm, hand and fist lengths
Some hand-based measurements, including the digit (6)

The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally based on the breadth of a human finger.[1] It was a fundamental unit of length in the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Ancient Greek and Roman systems of measurement.

In astronomy a digit is one twelfth of the diameter of the sun or the moon.[2]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 11th was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Ujj (mértékegység) Hungarian Թիվ (միավոր) HY ディジット Japanese Digitus (mensura) LA ഡിജിറ്റ് (ഏകകം) Malayalam Fingerbreidd NN Fingerbredde NB Digit (unit) SIMPLE Digit (hijian) SU Digit (đơn vị) VI

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