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Step (unit)

A step (, <small></small>&nbsp;') was a Roman unit of length equal to 2½&nbsp;Roman feet (') or ½&nbsp;Roman pace ('). Following its standardization under Agrippa, one step was roughly equivalent to .

The Byzantine pace (, bḗma) was an adaption of the Roman step, a distance of 2½&nbsp;Greek feet.

Similarly, the US customary pace is a distance of 2½&nbsp;feet or .

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