Definition of Toise. Meaning of Toise. Synonyms of Toise

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Definition of Toise

Toise
Toise Toise, n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense, a.] An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

Meaning of Toise from wikipedia

- A toise (French pronunciation: [twaz]; symbol: T) is a unit of measure for length, area and volume originating in pre-revolutionary France. In North America...
- toises. As the metre had to be equal to one ten-millionth of this distance, it was defined as 0.513074 toise or 3 feet and 11.296 lines of the Toise of...
- value of 440.5 lignes of the Toise of Châtelet which had been recently renewed. He proposed a universal toise (French: Toise universelle) which was twice...
- significantly. The medieval royal units of length were based on the toise, and in particular the toise de l'Écritoire, the distance between the fingertips of the...
- based on the toise and in particular the toise de l'Écritoire, the distance between the fingertips of the outstretched arms of a man. The toise has 6 pieds...
- Rayon Astronomique). He found the value of 440.5 lignes of the Toise of Châtelet (a toise [English: fathom] is defined as 6 pieds [foot] or 72 pouces [inches]...
- (rare) Shackle Length Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms. Toise Length Toise was also used for measures of area and volume Twenty-foot equivalent...
- the klafter was the corresponding unit of comparable length, as was the toise in France. In Hungary the square fathom ("négyszögöl") is still in use as...
- was the Toise of Châtelet which was fixed outside the Grand Châtelet in Paris. In 1735 two geodetic standards were calibrated against the Toise of Châtelet...
- which had been measured by their colleague Jean Picard in 1669 as 3,269,000 toises. This same year saw another estimate for the astronomical unit by John Flamsteed...