pous

pous
A measure of length found in Iron Age Europe and the Ancient Near East, considered the Greek "foot". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of a stadion.

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  • Pous — pous, pouts nm puits Occitan …   Glossaire des noms topographiques en France

  • Pous — Ce nom désigne le possesseur d un puits ou celui qui habite près d un puits (latin puteum) …   Noms de famille

  • pous — ME. form of pulse …   Useful english dictionary

  • pous — acar·pous; ac·ro·car·pous; am·phit·ro·pous; anat·ro·pous; an·gi·o·car·pous; an·tho·car·pous; ap·o·car·pous; at·ro·pous; au·to·car·pous; blas·to·car·pous; cam·py·lot·ro·pous; car·pous; cat·a·wam·pous·ly; chryso·car·pous; clad·o·car·pous;… …   English syllables

  • Pous — The pous was a unit of length used through much of the Iron Age in Europe and the Ancient Near East.A pous is a Greek foot, also known as an extreme james. 1 stadion is always 600 pousthough the length of the pous varies like the Mesopotamian… …   Wikipedia

  • POUS — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres   Sigles de trois lettres > Sigles de quatre lettres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pous — pousse, pous m. pouls; tempe …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • pous —    the ancient Greek foot, a unit of distance equal to about 30.7 centimeters, a little longer than the modern English foot. The plural is podes.    The pous was divided into 16 daktylos (digits). There were 100 podes in a plethron and 600 in a… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

  • Pous i Pagès — Pous i Pagès, Josep …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • pous|sette — «poo SEHT», noun, verb, set|ted, set|ting. –n. a dancing round and round with hands joined, as of a couple in a country dance. –v.i. to dance in this way: »The turf cutter seized old Olly Dowden, and…poussetted with her (Thomas Hardy). ╂[<… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pous metrios — Der gemeingriechische Fuß  – wissenschaftlich auch pous metrios genannt –  ist eine klassische Längeneinheit. Sie misst 16 Fünfzehntel römische Fuß, also in etwa 316,1 mm. Dieser griechische Fuß wurde auch in Österreich als österreichischer Fuß… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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