finger length

How long digits

Finger length is the measurement from base to tip of a finger, or something approximately that size.

It serves as a rough unit of measure: Add about a finger length of ginger to the soup.

Finger length ratios—particularly between index and ring fingers—are studied as markers of prenatal hormone exposure and sometimes linked to personality traits or health outcomes.

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hand measurement dimension

finger lengthfinger width

Measurement spanning one digit

hand span

measurement magnitude

finger lengthshort fingers

Brief manual extremities

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