…(4) Degrees according to the capabilities of humans and livestock Now, regarding the type of (ii), there are many known units of distance traveled in a certain amount of time. Starting with units based on the stride length of a human walking (Anglo-American pace = about 76 cm, German Schritt = 71-75 cm), units based on compound steps (ancient Chinese step and ancient Roman passus = about 148 cm, which is 1000 times the latter, the mille passuum, which later became the mile), there are also stadiums (plural stadia) and their multiples, the distance that can be walked in a day (ancient Germanic rasta), the distance that can be traveled by car in a day (ancient Indian yojana), and many other examples. Incidentally, one stadium (Greek: stadium) refers to the distance traveled by a person who begins walking the moment the first rays of the sun are seen until the lower edge of the sun leaves the horizon, and is interpreted as about 180 to 200 meters. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Schritt" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…(4)人や家畜の能力による度 今度は(ニ)の系統の話であるが,一定時間内に進む道のりのたぐいのものがいくつも知られている。人間が歩くときの歩幅による単位(英米のペースpace=約76cm,ドイツのシュリットSchritt=71~75cm),同じく複歩による単位(古代中国の歩や古代ローマのパッススpassus=約148cm,後者の1000倍のミレ・パッスムmille passuumが,後のマイルにつながる)から始まって,スタディウムstadium(複数はスタディアstadia)やその倍量,あるいは1日に歩くことのできる距離(古代ゲルマンのラスタrasta),車で1日に移動できる距離(古代インドのヨジャーナyojana)その他,さまざまな例がある。ちなみに1スタディウム(ギリシア語ではスタディオン)とは,日の出の最初の光を認めた一瞬に歩き始めた人が,日輪の下縁が地平線を離れる一瞬までに進む距離を意味し,約180~200mと解されている。… ※「Schritt」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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