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Noun Concept
Categories: Units of length, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Human-based units of measurement, Nautical terms, Customary units of measurement in the United States
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fathom  fthm  Fadom  fathoms  International fathom
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A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth WordNet 3.0
English:
unit
unit of length
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A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet, used especially for measuring the depth of water. Wikipedia
English unit of measurement. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A unit of length Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unit of length in the old imperial and the U.S. customary systems Wikidata
A linear unit of measurement, equal to 6 feet, for water depth. OmegaWiki
An English unit of length for water depth notionally based upon the width of grown man's outstretched arms but standardized as 6 feet (about 1.8 m). Wiktionary
Unit of length. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
linear unit
British Imperial System
unit eeeof length
HAS PART
yard
DERIVATION
fathom
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
MEASURED PHYSICAL QUANTITY
length
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
brasse
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
fathom, fthm
Wikipedia
EN
fathom
Wikidata
EN
fathom
Wiktionary
EN
fathom
OmegaWiki
EN
fathom
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Fadom, Fathom (unit), fathoms, International fathom
Wikidata Alias
EN
fathoms

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