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• Yard — A yard (abbreviation: yd) is a unit of length in several different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. Its size can varies from system to system. The most commonly used yard today is the… …   Wikipedia

• yard — (yd)    1. a traditional unit of distance equal to 3 feet or 36 inches. The word comes from a Saxon word gyrd or gyard meaning a stick, although the unit known as the gyrd in Saxon times was actually the rod1, not the yard. The yard was… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• distance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Measure of interval Nouns 1. distance, remoteness, farness, long way; offing, background; perspective, parallax; reach, span, stride; measurement; separation, disjunction; interstellar or intergalactic… …   English dictionary for students

• yard line — noun in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field • Hypernyms: ↑line * * * yard line, any one of the white lines that divide a football field every five yards. * * * noun, pl ⋯ lines [count] American football :… …   Useful english dictionary

• yard line — noun Date: 1898 any of a series of marked or imaginary lines one yard apart on a football field that are parallel to the goal lines and that indicate the distance to the nearest goal line …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• yard —    A unit of distance measurement equal to three feet, or 36 inches. To convert yards into centimeters, multiply them by 91.44; into meters, x 0.9144. Abbreviated yd …   Glossary of Art Terms

• 40-yard dash — The 40 yard dash is a sprint covering 40 yards (36.576 m). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed of football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL Draft but also for collegiate recruiting. A player s recorded time in the 40 can have a… …   Wikipedia

• Scotland Yard (board game) — Infobox Game subject name = Scotland Yard image link = image caption = The Scotland Yard board players = 3–6 ages = 10+ setup time = 5–15 minutes playing time = 1 hour (player dependent) complexity = medium strategy = medium random chance =… …   Wikipedia

• Classification yard — North Yard in Denver, Colorado, a typical U.S. classification yard in 2009 …   Wikipedia

• 20 yard shuttle — The 20 yard shuttle, also simply called the short shuttle, is a test performed by American football athletes at the NFL combine. It is primarily run to evaluate the quickness and change of direction ability of players by scouts, particularly for… …   Wikipedia

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