Southpaw is a boxing term that designates the stance where the boxer has his right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook. Southpaw is the normal stance for a left-handed boxer.
Because the American system of measurement is very similar to the British imperial system, units are also commonly referred to as imperial units. The units have many different origins.
A meter (abbreviated as âmâ) is a metric system base length unit and can be defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. An inch (abbreviated as âinâ) is a unit of length used mainly in the imperial and U.S. customary systems. Other related units of measurement include centimeter, kilometer and foot (plural is feet). One meter is equal to 100 centimeters, and 100 meters make 1 kilometer. Learn more about Measurements