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geometrical pace

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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.

Etymology

Origin of geometrical pace

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

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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

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