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| Keywords: Hand Units of Measurement.PNG Hand derived units of measurement Shaftment palm and extended thumb about 2 palms or 6 inches Hand In English a Hand or Handbreadth is commonly used to represent the width of the palm sometimes including the thumb when closed against the palm about 4 inches Palm In English a Palm is commonly used to represent four fingers held together which is slightly less than the true width of the palm at the knuckles about 3 inches or 4 fingers Span from little finger tip to thumb tip about 3 palms 9 inches or 12 fingers Finger or fingerbreadth about 3/4 inch or 1/16 foot Digit In English digit and finger are used to represent the width of a finger However the value of the digit is slightly less than the value of the finger Thumb not indicated about 1 inch or 1/12 foot Own 2007-09-07 Unitfreak Units of measure Palmar creases Span unit of length | ||||
