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    Fathom
    Fath'om transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fathomed ; present participle & verbal noun Fathoming .] 1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by th...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/11
    
    
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    fathom
    sound verb measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fathom
    
    
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    Fathom
    • (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings. • (v. t.) To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/fathom/
    
    
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    fathom
    old English measure of length, now standardized at 6 feet (1.83 metre), which has long been used as a nautical unit of depth. The longest of many ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/11
    
    
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    Fathom
    Arises in directed tree search. A node is fathomed if it is determined that no completion from this point could produce a better solution than one already obtained. This could happen by bounding the objective, or it can happen by determining there is no feasible solution with the partial specificati...
    Found op http://glossary.computing.society.informs.org/index.php?page=F.html
    
    
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    Fathom
    a measurement relating to the depth of water, one fathom is 6 feet
    Found op http://andrews.com/kysc/terms.html
    
    
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    Fathom
    A fathom (abbreviation: ftm) = 1.8288 meters, is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems, used especially for measuring the depth of water. There are 2 yards (6 feet) in an imperial or U.S. fathom. Originally based on the distance between the fingertips of a man`s outstretch...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathom
    
    
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    FATHOM
    Six feet
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
    
    
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    FATHOM
    The common unit of depth in the ocean for countries using the English system of measurement. It is six feet or 1.83 meters. It can also be used in expressing horizontal distance, since 120 fathoms is equal to one cable or nearly on tenth of a nautical mile.
    Found op http://www.weather.com/glossary/f.html
    
    
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    Fathom
    Six feet.
    Found op http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm
    
    
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    Fathom
    The fathom is an ancient unit of measurement described as the length between the tips of the middle fingers of a man's two outstretched arms, reckoned at six feet. By the 20th century the fathom was only really used for sounding measurements. During the 18th century three different lengths all known...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AF.HTM
    
    
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    Fathom
    Fathom is a comedy starring Raquel Welch, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Briers, Ronald Fraser, Greta Chi and Tom Adams in a story about an American woman being recruited to parachute into a house occupied by Red Chinese and recover an atomic device stolen from a Western intelligence agency. Fathom was ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/MF.HTM
    
    
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    fathom
    In mining, seafaring, and handling timber, a unit of depth measurement (1.83 m/6 ft) used prior to metrication; it approximates to the distance between an adult man's hands when the arms are outstretched
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0003734.html
    
    

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