Cómo Pronunciar "smoot"
word
ˈsmut
SMOOT
smuːt
SMOOT
Definición
A 'smoot' is a humorous and unofficial unit of length, about 1.7 meters (5 feet 7 inches), originally created as a joke when a student named Oliver Smoot was measured to span the Harvard Bridge.
Transcripción IPA
Inglés Americano
ˈsmut
Inglés Británico
smuːt
Pronunciación Simplificada
EE.UU.
SMOOT
UK
SMOOT
Escucha en Contexto
One smoot is about 1.7 meters long.
The Harvard Bridge is 364.4 smoots long.
A smoot is not a standard unit of measurement.
Engineers at MIT love to joke about smoots.