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While a '''fathom''' is a unit of length in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit Imperial system] (and the derived U.S. customary units), used especially for measuring the depth of [[water]], increasingly, the word fathom is found increasingly in metaphorical usage. An example is [[http://www.columbia.edu Columbia University]'s aborted launch of [http://www.fathom.com Fathom.com} (logo at right) one the first serious efforts to harness the web for [[education]]al [[purpose]]s.
While a '''fathom''' is a unit of length in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit Imperial system] (and the derived U.S. customary units), used especially for measuring the depth of [[water]], increasingly, the word fathom is found increasingly in metaphorical usage. An example is [https://www.columbia.edu Columbia University]'s aborted launch of [https://www.fathom.com Fathom.com] (logo at right) one the first serious efforts to harness the web for [[education]]al [[purpose]]s.
There are 2 yards (6 feet) in a fathom.[1] Based on the distance between the fingertips of a man's outstretched arms, its size varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an (Admiralty) nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying around 5 and 5½ feet.
There are 2 yards (6 feet) in a fathom.[1] Based on the distance between the fingertips of a man's outstretched arms, its size varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an (Admiralty) nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying around 5 and 5½ feet.
# Encyclopædia Britannica eleventh edition 1911.
# Encyclopædia Britannica eleventh edition 1911.
# Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989;
# Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989;
# Bosworth, Joseph; Thomas Toller (ed.) (1898). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. http://beowulf.engl.uky.edu/cgi-bin/Bosworth-Toller/ebind2html3.cgi/bosworth?seq=285.
# Bosworth, Joseph; Thomas Toller (ed.) (1898). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. https://beowulf.engl.uky.edu/cgi-bin/Bosworth-Toller/ebind2html3.cgi/bosworth?seq=285.
# Fathom - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
# Fathom - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
# Fenna (2000: 88-89)
# Fenna (2000: 88-89)
# "NOAA Chart". http://www.oceangrafix.com/o.g/Charts/chartViewer.html?viewRegion=GreatLakes&viewChart=Lake-Huron. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
# "NOAA Chart". https://www.oceangrafix.com/o.g/Charts/chartViewer.html?viewRegion=GreatLakes&viewChart=Lake-Huron. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
# Sounding lead. By James Mathews. Navy & Marine Living History Association.
# Sounding lead. By James Mathews. Navy & Marine Living History Association.
# Burney: "Vocbulary of Sea Terms", 1876.
# Burney: "Vocbulary of Sea Terms", 1876.
# Glossary of Marine Navigaion. Page 763. I'd Rather Be Sailing.
# Glossary of Marine Navigaion. Page 763. I'd Rather Be Sailing.
# Hirsch, Jr, E.D.; Kett, Joseph F; Trefi, James (2002). The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618226478.
# Hirsch, Jr, E.D.; Kett, Joseph F; Trefi, James (2002). The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618226478.
# "Mining Encyclopaedia". U.K. Mine and Quarry Information and Exploration. http://www.mine-explorer.co.uk/open-htm-white-paper.asp?id=4. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
# "Mining Encyclopaedia". U.K. Mine and Quarry Information and Exploration. https://www.mine-explorer.co.uk/open-htm-white-paper.asp?id=4. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
# "Norskeordboker". http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=fa%F0mr&begge=S%F8k+i+begge+ordb%F8kene&ordbok=nynorsk&s=n&alfabet=n&renset=j&fritekst=on. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
# "Norskeordboker". https://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=fa%F0mr&begge=S%F8k+i+begge+ordb%F8kene&ordbok=nynorsk&s=n&alfabet=n&renset=j&fritekst=on. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
# As of 1862 conversion to the metric system.
# As of 1862 conversion to the metric system.
==References==
==References==
