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sajene (n.)
Same as Sagene.
sajene Sentence Examples
- The sajene, an ancient Russian unit of length, was approximately 213 centimeters.
- The sazhen was traditionally used for measuring distances and land areas.
- A naval sazhen, used in shipbuilding, was slightly longer than the standard sazhen.
- A church sazhen was even longer, measuring 177 centimeters.
- The sazhen was gradually replaced by the metric system in the 19th century.
- Despite its official obsolescence, the sazhen is still occasionally used in some rural areas of Russia.
- The sazhen can be subdivided into smaller units, such as the arshin and the vershok.
- The sazhen was also used in astronomy and surveying to measure the distance to celestial bodies.
- The Great Moscow Fire of 1812 destroyed nearly 1,400 sazhen of wooden structures.
- The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the sazhen to measure distances within churches.
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Same as Sagene.
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The sajene, an ancient Russian unit of length, was approximately 213 centimeters.
The sazhen was traditionally used for measuring distances and land areas.
A naval sazhen, used in shipbuilding, was slightly longer than the standard sazhen.
A church sazhen was even longer, measuring 177 centimeters.
