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==Informal== {{See also|List of humorous units of measurement|List of unusual units of measurement}} In everyday conversation, and in informal literature, it is common to see lengths measured in units of objects of which everyone knows the approximate width. Common examples are: *[[Double-decker bus]] (9.5β11 meters in length) *[[American football]] field (100 yards in length) *Thickness of a human [[hair]] (around 80 micrometers)
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