Post by lexii on Nov 14, 2015 19:58:54 GMT
Distance
Distance
ah-il: a unit of measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, c. 18 inches, analoguous to the Urth cubit; 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral.
ah-ral: a unit of measure equalling 10 ah-il, or approx. 180 Urth inches.
foot: a unit of measurement equal to 10 horts, or 12 1/2 Urth inches.
hort: a measure of distance equal to 1- 1/4 inches
pasang: measure of distance equalling .7 miles
Directions
Directional
the Gorean compass is divided into eight, as opposed to our four, main quadrants, or better said, divisions, and each of these itself is of course subdivided. There is also a system of latitude and longitude figured on the basis of the Gorean day,
Ta-Sardar-Var: North
Ror: Northeast
Rim: East
Tun: Southeast
Vask: South
Cart: Southwest
Klim: West
Kail: Northwest
Ta-Sardar-Ki-Var: Any direction that is not North
Distance
ah-il: a unit of measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, c. 18 inches, analoguous to the Urth cubit; 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral.
ah-ral: a unit of measure equalling 10 ah-il, or approx. 180 Urth inches.
foot: a unit of measurement equal to 10 horts, or 12 1/2 Urth inches.
hort: a measure of distance equal to 1- 1/4 inches
pasang: measure of distance equalling .7 miles
Directions
Directional
the Gorean compass is divided into eight, as opposed to our four, main quadrants, or better said, divisions, and each of these itself is of course subdivided. There is also a system of latitude and longitude figured on the basis of the Gorean day,
Ta-Sardar-Var: North
Ror: Northeast
Rim: East
Tun: Southeast
Vask: South
Cart: Southwest
Klim: West
Kail: Northwest
Ta-Sardar-Ki-Var: Any direction that is not North