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 .].
In ancient times, the cubit was usually defined to equal 24 digits or 6 palms. The Egyptian royal or long cubit, however, was equal to 28 digits or 7 palms. In the English system, the digit is conventionally identified as 3/4 inch; this makes the ordinary cubit exactly 18 inches (45.72 centimeters). The Roman cubit was shorter, about 44.4 centimeters (17.5 inches).