Time_Sports. 89 CONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Baseball's biggest hitters will muscle up and swing for the fences Monday night in the 2016 MLB Home Run Derby. In San Diego's Petco Park, Todd Frazier will look to defend his Derby title, facing off against a field off Derby vets and rookies.
An ancient unit of linear measure, originally equal to the length of the forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow, or about 17 to 22 inches (43 to 56 centimeters). [Middle English. , from Latin. , cubit, elbow .].
The short forearm cubit (ÏÏÎ³Î¼Î® pygmÄ, lit. fist), from the wrist to the elbow, measured approximately 0.34 m (13 in). Ancient Rome. In ancient Rome, according to Vitruvius, a cubit was equal to 1 1 â 2 Roman feet or 6 palm widths (approximately 444 mm or 17.5 in). A 120-centimeter cubit (approximately four feet long), called the Roman ulna, was common in the Roman empire, which cubit was measured from the fingers of the outstretched arm opposite the man's hip. ; also, with