US Survey Feet Fractional

Croatian translation: geodetska stopa prema U.S. Survey, u razlomcima

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English term or phrase:US Survey Feet Fractional
Croatian translation:geodetska stopa prema U.S. Survey, u razlomcima
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17:48 Apr 16, 2014
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English term or phrase: US Survey Feet Fractional
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V&E-Team
Croatia
Local time: 11:23
U.S. geodetska stopa u razlomcima
Explanation:
U.S. Survey foot = stopa po U.S. Survey (tj. za "premjer zemljišta")

fractional = cjeli broj stopa + razlomak (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64 tj. 3/4, 5/8, 11/16, 19/32, 27/64 itd.)

http://www.zpag.net/Units/Images1/fracti4.jpg

US Survey Feet Fractional 5 3/4; 4 7/32 (tj. 4+7/32)

US Survey Feet Decimal 5.75; 4.21875


"... there are two different measurements for the length of a foot in the United States: the International Foot (also commonly called the foot) and the U.S. Survey Foot. The International Foot (which we were all taught in school) is defined as 0.3048 meters, whereas the U.S. Survey Foot is defined as 0.3048006096 meters. The difference of the two equates to 2 parts per million. ..."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)]
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U.S. Survey feet fractional
U.S. geodetska stopa u razlomcima


Explanation:
U.S. Survey foot = stopa po U.S. Survey (tj. za "premjer zemljišta")

fractional = cjeli broj stopa + razlomak (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64 tj. 3/4, 5/8, 11/16, 19/32, 27/64 itd.)

http://www.zpag.net/Units/Images1/fracti4.jpg

US Survey Feet Fractional 5 3/4; 4 7/32 (tj. 4+7/32)

US Survey Feet Decimal 5.75; 4.21875


"... there are two different measurements for the length of a foot in the United States: the International Foot (also commonly called the foot) and the U.S. Survey Foot. The International Foot (which we were all taught in school) is defined as 0.3048 meters, whereas the U.S. Survey Foot is defined as 0.3048006096 meters. The difference of the two equates to 2 parts per million. ..."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)]

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:23
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agree  Davor Ivic: makar bh ja zamijenio US sa SAD..., a i vrsta mjerenja se uobičajeno (barem u tehničkim krugovima) naziva imperijalnom.
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  -> imperijalne mjere mogu biti i decimalne. Hvala!
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