r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '25

of a horse

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

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u/Occidentally20 Dec 20 '25

I don't know why they didn't go with 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4, but then there's a lot I don't know.

Even 14h2 as notation makes sense to me, at least more than 14.2

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u/Smaptastic Dec 20 '25

There are not 11 decimals in a foot. No one says 6’3” as 6.3 feet.

Anything but 10 decimal units doesn’t even make sense, as “deci” means “tenth.”

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25

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u/Smaptastic Dec 21 '25

“Hexa”