geometrical pace

American  

noun

1. a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.

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Etymology

Origin of geometrical pace

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

The common pace is 21⁄2 feet, or half the geometrical pace.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir