Pollex

	Pollex Pollex may refer to: * The thumb * An Ancient Roman unit of measurement, equivalent to approximately 24.6 mm. See also: Uncia (unit) The (plural: ) was a Roman unit of length, weight, and volume. It survived as the Byzantine liquid ounce ( grc-gre, οὐγγία, ''oungía'') and the origin of the English inch, ounce, and fluid ounce. The Roman inch was equal to of a Rom ... * ''Pollex'', a genus of moths. See also * Pollux (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thumb The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is ''pollex'' (compare '' hallux'' for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is ''pollical''. Definition Thumb and fingers The English word ''finger'' has two senses, even in the context of appendages of a single typical human hand: # Any of the five terminal members of the hand. # Any of the four terminal members of the hand, other than the thumb Linguistically, it appears that the original sense was the first of these two: (also rendered as ) was, in the inferred Proto-Indo-European language, a suffixed form of (or ), which has given rise to many Indo-European-family words (tens of them defined in English dictionaries) that involve, or stem from, concepts of fiveness. The thumb shares the following with each of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ancient Roman Units Of Measurement The ancient Roman units of measurement were primarily founded on the Hellenic system, which in turn was influenced by the Egyptian system and the Mesopotamian system. The Roman units were comparatively consistent and well documented. Length The basic unit of Roman linear measurement was the ''pes'' or Roman foot (plural: ''pedes''). Investigation of its relation to the English foot goes back at least to 1647, when John Greaves published his ''Discourse on the Romane foot''. Greaves visited Rome in 1639, and measured, among other things, the foot measure on the tomb of Titus Statilius Aper, that on the statue of Cossutius formerly in the gardens of Angelo Colocci, the congius of Vespasian previously measured by Villalpandus, a number of brass measuring-rods found in the ruins of Rome, the paving-stones of the Pantheon and many other ancient Roman buildings, and the distance between the milestones on the Appian Way. He concluded that the Cossutian foot was the "true" Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Uncia (unit) The (plural: ) was a Roman unit of length, weight, and volume. It survived as the Byzantine liquid ounce ( grc-gre, οὐγγία, ''oungía'') and the origin of the English inch, ounce, and fluid ounce. The Roman inch was equal to of a Roman foot ('), which was standardized under Agrippa to about 0.97 inches or 24.6 millimeters. The Roman ounce was of a Roman pound. See also * Ancient Roman weights and measures The ancient Roman units of measurement were primarily founded on the Hellenic system, which in turn was influenced by the Egyptian system and the Mesopotamian system. The Roman units were comparatively consistent and well documented. Length T ... References Units of length Human-based units of measurement Ancient Roman units of measurement {{Ancient-Rome-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pollex (moth) ''Pollex'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Michael Fibiger in 2007. Species Subgenus ''Bilobiana'' Fibiger, 2007 The ''flavimacula'' species group: '' Pollex laosi'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex flavimacula'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex parunkudai'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex diehli'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex abovia'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex kangeani'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex lomboki'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex silaui'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex balabaci'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex newguineai'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex utarai'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex sulawesii'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex merisulawesii'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex modus'' Fibiger, 2008 The ''speideli'' species group: '' Pollex philippini'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex lobifera'' (Hampson, 1926) '' Pollex sapamori'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex poguei'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex speideli'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex parabala'' Fibiger, 2007 '' Pollex mindai'' Fibiger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]