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Definition of Fingerbreadth
1. Noun. The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
Definition of Fingerbreadth
1. Noun. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fingerbreadth
Literary usage of Fingerbreadth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book by Marshall Clagett (1989)
"... by Amenemhet and appearing in the Karnak clock of having 12-fingerbreadth and
14-fingerbreadth scale lengths for the months containing the summer and ..."
2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"The lower border of the stomach is made out about a fingerbreadth above the level
of the navel. The liver and spleen are not enlarged and the kidneys are ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The spleen reached 1 fingerbreadth below the costal margin on December 19, ...
It reached its maximum size 1 fingerbreadth below the umbilicus on December ..."
4. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, with Historical Surveys by Charles F Horne (1917)
"4B And there was a fingerbreadth on either side for the thickness of the ark,
but the roll of the Law was put on the side, as is said, " And put it in the ..."
5. Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws: A Practical Treatise on the by Vilray Papin Blair (1917)
"The best site for implantation is a fingerbreadth above the clavicle, just over
the lower end of the sternomastoid. It is well to mark on the skin the ..."
6. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys by Charles Francis Horne (1917)
"Take from them twelve handbreadths for the breadth of the tables, and a fingerbreadth
on either side for the thickness of the ark. ..."
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