Troops tend to be deployed in 'battalions' (commanded by a lieutenant colonel) as a more convenient size of military unit and, as such, colonels have tended to have a higher profile in specialist and command roles than as actual commanders of regiments.
An iamb /ËaÉªÃ¦m/ or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in delay).
How to Measure Stride or Step Length for your Pedometer. Measuring your Step Length. For a pedometer to measure distance you first must enter your average step length. Step length is the distance covered in an average step, either from heel to heel or toe to toe (see picture below). Your step length is required for most pedometers so they can calculate Kilometers / Miles walked.