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step (approximately 0.75 metres or 30 inches), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately 1.5 metres or 60 inches). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. The word "pace" is also used for units inverse to speed, used mainly for walking and running,
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The word "pace" is also used to translate similar formal units in other systems of measurement.
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Like other traditional measurements, the pace started as an informal
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Paces
Pace (disambiguation)
unit
length
walking
Pacing
surveying
standard rod
chain
unit of length
marching
customary unit
step
feet
inches
centimetres
Ancient Roman pace
Latin
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
steps
Roman feet
Roman mile
Byzantine
Greek
Greek feet
Welsh
Welsh
Welsh feet
inches
English

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