Length conversion chart

 Table of Contents:

• Length conversion table
• Length conversion chart
• Inch definition
• Feet definition
• Meter definition
• American Imperial US measurement system. US measurement system
• Metric measurement system

length converter length converter is a program that allows rapid transformation to length units which are imperial and the metric. It's not just that. It's fitted with twenty measures of length:

• Anstrom (A)
• Picometers (pm)
• Nanometers (nm)
• Micrometers (mm)
• millimeters (mm)
• centimeters (cm)
• decimeters (dm)
• meters (m)
• Centimeters, meters and meters
• kilometers (km)

• 1000ths of an inch (mil /thou)
• inches (in)
• feet (ft)
• inches and feet
• yards (yd)
• miles (mi)

• nautical miles (nmi)
• Sun radii (R)
• lights years (ly)
• (au) (au) Astronomical Unit (au)
• parsecs (pc)

It's an length conversion calculator that uses input from the units (up from 11 within the calculation) within the calculator. The tool determines length conversion and length converter then returns your outcomes for each unit in real time. Choose the unit if want to carry out length conversion to another unit than the ones which are defaulted by Omni. Omni team. In the event that you're trying convert various areas, an alternative choice is to utilize the

Table for converting length

For a better understanding of what conversion factors are for the nine most used length units, refer to this table about length conversion:

millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	feet or feet or (ft)	yard (yd)	mile (mi)	The mile nautical (nmi)
1 millimeter (mm)	1	0.1	0.001	0.000001	0.03937	0.003281	0.0010936	0.0000006214	0.00000054
One centimeter (cm)	10	1	0.01	0.00001	0.3937	0.03281	0.010936	0.000006214	0.0000054
1 Meter (m)	1000	100	1	0.001	39.37	3.281	1.0936	0.0006214	0.00054
1 kilometer (km)	1000000	100000	1000	1	39370	3281	1093.6	0.6214	0.54
1 " (in)	25.4	2.54	0.0254	0.0000254	1	0.08333	0.02778	0.000015783	0.000013715
1 foot equals feet (ft)	304.8	30.48	0.3048	0.0003048	12	1	0.33333	0.0001894	0.00016458
1 yard (yd)	914.4	91.44	0.9144	0.0009144	36	3	1	0.0005682	0.0004937
One mile (mi)	1609344	160934	1609.3	1.6093	63360	5280	1760	1	0.869
1.25 nautical miles (nmi)	1852000	185200	1852	1.852	72913	6076	2025.4	1.1508	1

We've decided to reduce few of the conversion variables in order to put them into this table. Thus, certain values may not be exact, but they still have some degree of accuracy.

Length conversion chart

If you're looking for a method to rapidly switch between units within the same system, take a take a look at these two length charts:

1. The system used to measure metrics.

For instance:

• 6 km = 6 * 1000 = 6000 m
• 180 cm = 180 / 100 = 1.8 m

1. Imperial US measurement system. US measure system

For example:

• 5 yd = 5 * 3 = 15 ft
• 144 in = 144 / 12 = 12 ft

Additionally, we've made the initiative to create a list of the top often asked length converters. The most popular ones that you'll want search for are:

1. meters-to-feet / feet-to-meters

When you're trying to figure out how many feet are contained in a meter :

• 1 Meter 3.281 feet which is equal to 3'3 inches
• 1 foot equals 0.3048 Meter

1. cm to inches / inches to inches

Find out the number of centimeters that make up an inch.

• One centimeter 0.3937 inches
• 1 inch equals 2.54 centimeters

1. feet as well as inches in inches

To convert between inches and feet, you can make use of:

• 1 foot = 12 inches
• 1 in 0.08333 feet 1/12 of one foot

1. feet to yardsor yards to feet

How many feet could have been squeezed in the backyard? Three!

• 1 yard = 3 feet
• 1 foot 0.3333 yards, 1/3 of one yard

1. feet to miles/ miles to miles

Have you ever wondered how many feet there are in a mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

The inch (abbreviate meaning "or ") is a length measurement used to describe the Imperial or US metrics system. The term is derived from several definitions: the length of the thumb. In some languages e.g. Norwegian, Afrikaans, Italian or French the word "inch" originates from the word"thumb" or in certain cases, it's the same idea. Since the 14th century an inch was first defined under the reign of King Edward I. England to be three grain of barley, which were round and dry, placed between the ends of the longways. The definition of an inch varied throughout the ages until the 1950's when an international standard was adopted, and, since then an inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters.

1 in = 2.54 cm

One inch is also one-third of one yard. 1/12 of one foot , or 1/6360 of a mile.

On an everyday basis, inches are commonly used across the US, UK, Canada and many other countries which were once an integral part of the British Empire. Along with length, width and height can be measured in various sizes as well as in units that derive by inches (e.g. the size of shoes).

What can be measured in inches? It's not just in the US but, all around the world?

• screen dimensions of smartphones, monitors TVs, (specifically dimensions of the diagonals of rectangular screens)
• Resolution of the screen PPI (pixels per inch)
• sizes of tire size in tires e.g. bike or car wheels,
• diverse pipes and tools that are of different dimensions
• Certain sports equipments utilize the inch value. e.g. within archery.
• in the area of science, e.g. Acoustics in science, for instance. Acoustics microphones and the dimensions of loudspeakers

The term "One International inch is equivalent to:

• 10,000 Tenths
• 1,000 thou/mil
• 100 point or grries
• 72 PostScript points
• 6 computer picas
• 3 barleycorns
• 2.54 centimeters exactly
• 0.999998 US Survey inches
• 1/3 of 0.333 palms
• 1/4, or 0.25 hands
• 1/12 (or 0.08333 feet
• 1/36 or 0.02777 yards

Feet definition

"foot" (abbreviate using "ft" or ") is one measurement of length used in the context of the Imperial or US standard measurement system. It's a measurement that is dependent on the human body as a human as the name suggests. Measurements were standardized in the 50s but since then it's equivalent to 0.3048 meters precisely:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

The use of feet was utilized since the beginning of time across many cultures however how long the feet varied between the various peoples. The foot was used in diverse ways, e.g. in:

• Ancient Rome: 1 foot = 11.6 inches (295.7 mm). This was a standard foot however, in certain provinces it could be longer than 13.2 inches (334 millimeters)
• Greece: 1 foot = 10.6-13.8 inches (270 - 350 millimeters)
• Indus cities in the Bronze Age: 1 foot equals 13.2 inches (333.5 millimeters)
• Egypt It is the equivalent of 12 inches (304.8 millimeters)

The official imperial standards for public measurement, Greenwich

The foot measurement is commonly used to measure feet in England it was during England the measurement of feet also varied over time and was first used in Roman standards. It was later changed by Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches or Welsh foot, however, it was later removed. Foot measurements varied across regions, from city to city, then the monarchs modified the measure according to their preferences - e.g., Henry I was said to have ordered development of an all-new standard, based on his arm. Following that, Edward II of England introduced some kind of standardization, and introduced the statute foot which was 10/11 shorter than the prior foot. The final foot's length was much later, in the year 1959, which was also the year when the International yard-and-pound convention was signed. Since then, the yard length across the United States and countries in the British Commonwealth is the exact value of 0.9144 meters. When yard was first established in first place feet could be calculated in the same way. Similar to:

1 foot = (1/3) * yard = (1/3) * 0.9144 m = 0.3048 m

In the US two types of feet are utilized on a regular basis: the international foot, and surveys foot.

1. International footAlso called"the standard" foot first became standardized in the 50s. Widely used in a variety of settings, it's equivalent of 0.3048 m: 1 international foot 0.3048 millimeters and we've used this symbol to show what is the meaning behind precisely the amount. The measurement used globally is the same as one's human feet, which is the size of 13 (UK) as well as 14 (US male).
2. Survey foot This is the US survey foot. It is nearly identical to globe's foot. But, the word Nearly is the most important . The survey foot is exactly 1200/3937 metres 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you will see, it appears as a tiny difference - but, there is a change as you near the seventh decimal! The difference is tiny , 0.609 millimeters, or 609 nanometers when comparing the one foot type to the other. Why is this so important? This is because the distinction isn't significant when we are taking measurements of small objects, however the difference is significant when we start measuring several hundred thousand feet for example, when mapping or using SPCS The State Plane Coordinate Systems (SPCS). Additionally, the law governing the foot survey differs among the 50 states.
   • 24 states have enacted laws that require that surveying methods should be based on US feet of survey. US surveys are based on foot.
   • Eight states have decided to bring the announcement in accordance with the international foot
   • 18 states do not have a specific conversion rate for the metric units. But do not fret about it if you're in need of the conversion rate for your normal conveyances, or when you're surveying your property it is negligible in short distances (less than 1 mile) and it doesn't matter which definition you decide on.
   Another measurement of the foot, which is the Indian survey foot . It's described as precisely 0.3047996 M: 1. Indian survey foot equals 0.3047996 m

Feet, as well as the entire imperial system are utilized widely throughout the US. It's nearly exclusively used throughout the United States. It's true that the US is regarded as being the only industrialized nation worldwide that hasn't been able to accept its International System of Units, that's often referred to as the measurement system in units called the metric. Two other countries that use this system of measurement is Liberia within Africa and Liberia within Africa as well as Africa and Myanmar (also known as Burma) in Southeast Asia. Canadians as well as the British employ a mixture of both systems, namely metric and imperial (e.g. the height of men will usually count in feet, though inches are also utilized).

Feet aren't commonly used in the world that isn't English-speaking. One of the evident examples is to gauge the height of the air travel industry.

Meter definition

Meter (British English: metre) is the basis length unit of many metrics, which includes those from the International System of Units (SI).

A definition for meter has been changed due to the way in which scientific measurement have changed. The definition is which is course of light that is traveled in a vacuum in less than 1/99,792,458 second.

How was it defined in the past?

• The first experiments with measuring meters began in 1790. In 1790, 1790 the French National Assembly decided that the length of a brand new meters would be precisely what the length of the pendulum with an average half-period of 1 second. Verify the accuracy of the chart using the pendulum calculator. Enter 2 inside the pendulum's time box and you'll then be able to determine the length of the pendulum. It's actually very close to 1 meters (0.993621 m).

• In 1973 Earth's diameter was determined in 1973. Earth was chosen as a neutral standard. The term "meter" was used to mean one-tenth of the length that extends from the equator up to the north pole. North Pole: 1 meter is one tenth of the quarter meridional circle around Earth which lies along the meridian that connects two points, the Earth and Paris
• In 1799, 1889, and then in 1889, brass platinum, and the alloy comprised of platinum and 10% Iridium-based meters were developed from an element which was the length of the meridian on Earth. This was when the 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889, established the meter as the length which is measured between two lines on a typical bar made of this kind of alloy. The International Prototype Meter is kept inside the International Bureau of Weights and Measures located in Sevres close to Paris. That meter definition was used in the 1960s and at the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• Between 1960 and 1983 the meters were revised between 1960 and the year. It was then renamed 1,650,763.73 wavelengths. They were derived in the red-orange spectrum Krypton86 under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference defined"meter" to be 1/299,792,458 or the amount of light moves in one second. This definition of the meters has been in effect through.

The table below summarizes time-line of a meter's definition (by Cardarelli 2003).

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
1/10,000,000 in the quadrant , which is situated along Meridian	1795	500-100 mm	10 -4
The first prototype for the platinum bar standard	1799	50-10 mm	10 -5
Platinum-iridium bar with melting point of frozen glacier (1st CGPM)	1889	200-100 nm	10 -7
Platinum-iridium bar near the melting points of the Ice, atmospheric pressure, supported with two rolling rollers (7th CGPM)	1927	n.a.	n.a.
Hyperfine atomic shift; 1650763.73 range of visible wavelengths, starting with the specific Krypton-86 transition (11th CGPM)	1960	4 nm	4x10 -9
It's the length of path light which travels in a vacuum the fraction of seconds (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial System of Measurement US measurement system

Imperial measurement system, the US measurement system as well in US measurement systems don't work the equivalent, but for measurements of length, they're similar (they are different in terms of volume measurements, which means e.g. the cup could have some floz, which differs from both measurement systems). The only nations that didn't accept the metric system were those of the US, Liberia and Myanmar.

6 of the top widely utilized US length units (also known as imperial length units) were included in our length converter:

• A thousandth of an inch (mil or thou),
• Inches (in),
• feet (ft),
• feet and inches
• yards (yd),
• miles (mi).

There are two additional length units, however we've removed them from the length converter on purpose: The term "furlong" refers to the fact that"furlong" is a "furlong"'s conversion ratio is not widely defined as is the case with"league" refers to the fact that league used to be the most popular measurement used in Europe as well as Latin America but is no any longer an official measurement for any. The units are still available and are accompanied by the most frequently used values:

Unit	In comparison to the previous	Feet	Millimeters	Meters
Thous (th)		1/12000	0.0254	0.0000254
inch (in)	1000 thou	1/12	25.4	0.0254
foot (ft)	12 inches	1	304.8	0.3048
yard (yd)	3 feet	3	914.4	0.9144
chain (ch)	22 yards	66	20116.8	20.1168
furlong (fur)	10 chains	660	201168	201.168
mile (mi)	8 furlongs	5280	1609344	1609.344
league (lea)	3 miles	15840	4828032	4828.032

Metric measurement system

The measurement system of metric, commonly referred to as"the International System of Units (SI) includes an international decimal scheme used for weights and measurements. It's widely used all over the globe (apart from the 3 nations mentioned in the preceding paragraphs) It's simple to use, practical and practical. The four primary measurement units of measurement in metric are:

• meters ( m) for length
• kg ( kg) for mass (check out this conversion of weight),
• Second ( s) for time,
• ampere (A) for electromagnetism.

Additionally 22 units that are derivative with their own names are also available. We can classify them according to five classifications:

1. Electromagnetism

• Volt is a measurement of electrical potential
• Ohm, a measurement of electrical resistance
• Tesla A measure of magnetic flux density,
• weber is a type of magnetic flux
• farad A measurement of capacitance electrical
• henry is a term that refers to electrical inductance
• Siemens may be described as form of electrical conductance,
• coulomb is the name used to refer to an electric charge.

1. Mechanics

• Watt A device that generates electrical or mechanical power,
• Newton A mechanical device. force
• Jourle is a term used to describe a source of mechanical, electrical or thermodynamic energy
• pascal A measure of pressure.

1. Radiofrequency

• becquerel is a kind of radioactive decay
• Sievert an unit of absorption of ionising radiation. You can estimate the radiation dose you felt on your way to the airport with our radiation calculator for flights.
• gray an element in ionizing radiation
• "lux" is the term used to describe luminescent flux
• lumen is a term that is used to define the intensity of luminous light.

1. Circular arcs and spherical surfaces

• The Radian is an arc-shaped unit
• Sterandian The constituent of the spherical area.

1. Other

• degree Celsius refers to the terms used for measuring thermodynamics temperatures. It is feasible to use this temperature converter that converts Celsius to Celsius in Kelvins or Fahrenheit.
• Katal an element of catalytic activity,
• hertz A number of cycles per second.