Cubit

(noun.) an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.

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• When we measure or weigh we apply a standard and count the times that the unit--cubit, pound, hour--is found to repeat itself. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• When a man cannot measure, and a great many others who cannot measure declare that he is four cubits high, can he help believing what they say? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• There were four clocks in the observatory, of which the largest had three wheels, one wheel of pure sol id brass having twelve hundred teeth and a diameter of two cubits. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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