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Meaning of xylon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A unit of length in Ancient Greece.

historical

Examples

“The xylon, in which naubia are measured. The royal (xylon) 9 comprises 3 cubits, 18 palms, 72 fingers; 10 the private (xylon) comprises 2⅔ cubits, 16 palms, 64 fingers, so that the surveyor's schoinion comprises 32 royal xyla, and 36 private (xyla).”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

xylonate xylonic acid xylonite xylonolactonase xylonolactone xylooligomer