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One fathom is equal to
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Tehmeena said:
1 decade ago
Fathom means ?
Kazina said:
1 decade ago
Unit of length, used especially for measuring the depth of water.
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Krishna said:
1 decade ago
A unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 metres or 6 feet.
APR said:
1 decade ago
"Full fathom five" is a catchphrase deriving from a verse passage, beginning with those words, in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Its original context, during a storm and shipwreck, is the drowning, in water about 30 feet (five fathoms) deep, of the father of the character to whom the lines are addressed.
Sylvia Plath's FULL FATHOM FIVE poem talked about FATHOM.
It was used to measure the depth of sea earlier.
The measurement method may be used nowadays.
1 fathom = 6 feet.
Its original context, during a storm and shipwreck, is the drowning, in water about 30 feet (five fathoms) deep, of the father of the character to whom the lines are addressed.
Sylvia Plath's FULL FATHOM FIVE poem talked about FATHOM.
It was used to measure the depth of sea earlier.
The measurement method may be used nowadays.
1 fathom = 6 feet.
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Sanjeev kumar said:
7 years ago
What is Fathom?
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Abhishek said:
7 years ago
A measure of the depth of water; 6 feet (1.8 metres).
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Santhosh said:
3 years ago
Thank you for all your explanations.
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