length · Nordic countries / Finland · Historical

kivenheitto

informalreference-only

Record: M245
Definition quality: Informal idiomatic
Conversion mode: reference only
Calculator: Trivia/reference only

Definition

Kotus lists 'stone's throw' among vague short-distance expressions.

Reference value

No fixed conversion

History & use

Kotus lists 'stone's throw' among vague short-distance expressions.

Modern use

Retained primarily for historical, educational, or reference use rather than as a current standardized calculator unit.

Did you know?

Kivenheitto is literally a 'stone's throw'. Its usefulness is linguistic, not metrological: Finnish uses it for a vaguely short distance, which is exactly why it should not get a fake exact conversion.

Sources & evidence

Source tier Tier B/C — recorded secondary/reference source · confidence High

Related measurements

metre

length · International · Modern

SI base unit of length. Its definition fixes the speed of light in vacuum at exactly 299,792,458 m/s, with the second defined from the caesium-133 hyperfine frequency.