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A yar (abbreviation: yd) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. Its size can vary from system to system. The most commonly used yard today is the international yard which by definition is equal to 0.9144 metre.

Trivia about yard

  • In 1832 the U.S. Treasury set it to the distance between the 27th & 63rd inch marks on an 82 inch brass bar
  • Henry I of England fixed this unit of measure as the distance from his nose to the thumb of his outstretched arm
  • A huge glass of ale with a bulb at one end is named for this measure
  • The name of this measure, equal to .9144 meters, comes from the Old English for "twig"

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