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...
- 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...
- measured with wooden rods a baseline of 5,663 toises, and a second or base of verification of 3,902 toises; his triangulation network extended from Malvoisine...
- length. A wrought iron ruler, the Toise of Peru, also called Toise de l'Académie, was the French primary standard of the toise, and the metre was officially...
- length of the metre was established, in relation to the Toise de l'Académie also called toise of Peru, which had been constructed in 1735 for the French...
- 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...
- toise (fathom) was slightly shorter than 2 m and was standardised at exactly 2 m in the mesures usuelles system, such that 1 m was exactly 1⁄2 toise....
- as the livre métrique) was defined as five hundred grams, and the new toise (toise métrique) was defined as two metres. Products could be sold in shops...
- 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...
- from 1822) 1 toise = 10 feet (pieds) = 3.00 metres 1 toise carrée (square) = 100 square feet = 9.00 square metres 1 toise cube or toise courante (cubic)...