cubit

Recent Examples on the Web And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life? —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024 That’s three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, or five hundred and ten feet by eighty-five by fifty-one. —Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023 The cubit mentioned in the Torah with respect to building the ark was longer than what the Torah would later consider to be the length of a cubit. —Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2021 Kaaronen is a kayaker and woodworker who makes his own paddles—basing their length on a traditional measurement of his fathom plus his cubit. —Bymichael Price, science.org, 1 June 2024 As early as 2700 B.C.E., the ancient Egyptians employed the royal cubit, a unit of length of about 53 centimeters that was likely derived from the distance from one’s elbow to the tip of the middle finger. —Bymichael Price, science.org, 1 June 2024 There was the fingertip-to-elbow cubit and the thumb-width inch. —Katie Hafner, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022 From the forearm-length cubit to the lump of metal that defined the kilogram, measurement is a powerful tool that Vincent investigates with unalloyed delight. —Katie Hafner, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022 Newton was interested in the cubit, a unit of measurement used by the Great Pyramid’s builders. —Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2020 See More