Length conversion table

 Table of Contents:

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

length converter length converter is an instrument that allows quick transformation to length unit that is imperial as well as the metric. It's not just that. It's also equipped 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)
• feet and inches
• yards (yd)
• miles (mi)

• mile nautical (nmi)
• Sun radii (R)
• light years (ly)
• Units of Astronomy (au)
• parsecs (pc)

It's an length conversion calculator is operated by entering the units (up up to eleven in one calculation) in the calculator. The tool then calculates the length converter then returns your results for each unit , in real-time. Choose the unit if would like to carry out the length conversion to a different unit other than the ones that are the default units from Omni. Omni team. If you're trying to convert between various units of area an alternative option is to use the

Length conversion table

To find out what conversion factors are applicable to the most well-known length units, read this table of length conversions:

millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	Meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	feet or foot (ft)	yard (yd)	mile (mi)	The nautical mile (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
1 . 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 round off a some of the conversion variables to fit them into this table. So, some values may not be exact however they do have some level of accuracy.

Length conversion chart

In case you're struggling to determine how you can quickly change between units within one system, take a look at these two easy length conversion charts:

1. The measurement system the metric

For example:

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

1. Imperial US measure system. US measure system

For instance:

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

We've also made an index of the most frequently requested length conversions. The most popular ones you'll find are:

1. meters to feet/ feet-to-meters

In case you're trying determine the number of feet in a meter, here you're:

• 1 Meter 3.281 feet which is equal to three feet, 3 1/4 inches and 3 1/2 inches
• 1 foot equals 0.3048 Meter

1. cm to inches/ inches in cm

Find out the amount of centimeters per inch.

• One centimeter 0.3937 inches
• 1 inch equals 2.54 centimeters

1. inches to feetor inches to feet

To convert between inches and feet make use of:

• 1 foot equals 12 inches
• 1 . 0.08333 feet 1/12 of one foot

1. yards to feetYards to feet

How many feet of space can be accommodated in your yard? 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 thought about how many feet are in a mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

The inch (abbreviate meaning "or ") is a measure of length that is used in the Imperial or the US the metric system. The word comes from several definitions - the size of the human thumb. In a few different language e.g. Norwegian, Afrikaans, Italian or French the word "inch" originates from the word thumb at times, it's the same idea. From the 14th century onwards the definition of an inch was given in the reign of King Edward I. England by a definition of three barley grains that were dry and round, placed between the ends of the in length. The definition of an inch changed through the centuries, but in the 1950's, an international standard was adopted, and, since then, an inch is exactly 2.54 centimeters.

1 in = 2.54 cm

One inch is also equivalent to one-third of one yard. 1/12 of a foot, or 1/63360 of a mile.

In a day-to-day basis, inches are widely used throughout countries like the US, UK, Canada and a host of other countries which were once members of the British Empire. Along with length, width and width are measured in different sizes, and also measured using units that are that are derived from inches (e.g. the size of a shoe).

What is measured in inches? Not only within the US however, but all over the globe?

• screen dimensions of smartphones, monitors TVs, and monitors (specifically dimensions of the diagonals of rectangular screens)
• Resolution of screen PPI (pixels per inch)
• dimensions of tires size of tires e.g. bicycle or car wheels,
• different tools and pipes of various sizes
• Certain sports equipments employ the measurement in inches. e.g. for archery.
• in the field of science, e.g. Acoustics in science, e.g. Acoustics microphones and the dimensions of loudspeakers

The term "International inch" refers to: International inch is the equivalent to:

• 10,000 10ths of a tenth
• 1,000 thou/mil
• 100 points or tears
• 72 PostScript points
• 6 computer picas
• 3 barleycorns
• 2.54 centimeters exactly
• 0.999998 US Survey inches
• 1/3 of or 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 in the form of "ft" or ") is one unit of length that are used within the Imperial or US standard system of measuring. It's a measurement that is based on the human body as the name implies. The measurement was standardized in the 50s , and since then, it's equal to 0.3048 meters precisely:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

The use of feet has been used since the beginning of time across various civilizations, however, the length of the feet varied among these different cultures. The foot was used, 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 as big in size as 13.2 inches (334 millimeters)
• Greece: 1 foot = 10.6-13.8 inches (270 - 350 millimeters)
• Indus cities during the Bronze Age: 1 foot equals 13.2 inches (333.5 millimeters)
• Egypt is the equivalent to 12 inches (304.8 millimeters)

The official imperial public measurement that is not officially recognized standards, Greenwich

The measurement of feet is used in England The measurement of feet in England England the measurement of feet has also changed over time beginning with Roman standards, then later Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches or Welsh foot was introduced, and later discarded. The definition of feet varied between regions, and city to city, and finally the kings changed the measurement in accordance with their wishes - e.g., Henry I was believed to have ordered an entirely new standard that was based on his arm. Then, Edward II of England introduced some kind of standardization, and introduced the statute foot, which was 10/11 shorter than the previous foot. The finalization of the length of the foot was achieved much later, in 1959, following that the International yard-and-pound convention had been signed. Since then, the length of a yard in the United States and countries in the British Commonwealth is equal to exactly 0.9144 meters. At the time that yard length was initially established in the first place, feet could be determined as well. This is similar to:

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

In the US two kinds of feet are utilized on a regular basis, which is the international foot and the survey foot.

1. International footAlso known as the standard foot, it was first standardized in the 50s. It is widely used in a range of fields, it's the equivalent to 0.3048 meters: 1 . International foot 0.3048 millimeters and we've utilized the symbol to show is the meaning of precisely the amount. The measure used internationally is equivalent to the human foot, which has the size of 13 (UK) and fourteen (US male).
2. Survey foot It is the US survey foot is nearly identical in size to the bottom of the earth. However, the word Nearly is the most important . The definition of survey foot is precisely 1200/3937 meters. 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you can see, it appears like a tiny change - but something is different as you approach the seventh decimal! It's only 0,609 mm 609 nanometers when you compare one type of foot with the other. Why is this important? Important because the difference is not significant when we're measuring small objects, but it becomes significant when we begin measuring hundreds of thousands of feet, for example, when mapping or using SPCS, the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS). Additionally, the law governing the survey foot varies across the 50 states.
   • 24 states have passed laws that state that measures for surveying should be based upon US feet of the survey. US foot of survey
   • Eight states have voted to announce the decision in line with the global foot
   • 18 states do not have a specific rates of conversion for the metric units. However, don't worry over it if you're in need of conversion in your regular conveyances or in the surveying of land. The difference is not that significant for shorter distances (less than 1 mile) and it doesn't matter what definition you choose to use.
   There's a different measurement for the foot, namely 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 whole imperial system is extensively used throughout the US. It's not just there. The US is regarded as being the only industrialized country in the world that hasn't adopted its International System of Units, which is also known as the system of measurement in the metric unit. Two other countries using this measurement system include Liberia in Africa within Africa as well as Myanmar (also called Burma) located in Southeast Asia. Canadians as well as the British use a mixture of both systems: imperial and metric (e.g. the height of men is usually expressed in feet , however inches can also be used).

Feet aren't widely used in countries that are not English-speaking. The most obvious example can be the use of the elevation of an airplane in the international travel industry.

Meter definition

Meter (British English: metre) is the base length unit used in a variety of metrics, such as those of the International System of Units (SI).

The definition of meter was changed as the methods of scientific measuring developed. The definition of meter is how long is the direction that light travels in a vacuum, which is 1/99,792,458 seconds.

What was its definition by the time it was first defined?

• The first trials of the definition of meter began in 1790. In 1790, it was decided by the French National Assembly decided that the length of the new meter should be equivalent to that of a pendulum , with one second of a half-period. Find out the exactness of this number making use of our calculator for pendulums. Enter 2 in the pendulum's period box, and you'll be able determine the length of the pendulum. In fact, it's close to one meter (0.993621 meters).

• In 1973, the circumference of Earth was selected as a neutral reference point. The term "meter" was used to mean one-ten millionth of the distance from the equator to the north pole. North Pole: 1 meter is one-tenth of the quarter meridional circumference of Earth which runs across the meridian that connects Paris and the Earth and Paris
• 1799-1889, between 1799 between 1889 and 1799, brass, platinum, and the alloy of platinum and 10% iridium meter bar were developed, on an alloy that spanned the length of the meridian on Earth. In the 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889 defined that the term "meter" as the length that is between the two lines of a typical bar made from this kind of alloy. The International Prototype Meter is kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures located in Sevres near Paris. The meter definition was in use up to 1960, and then it was adopted by the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• From 1960 to 1983, the meters were redesigned during the decade of 1960. The name was changed to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths derived from the red-orange radiation Krypton86 under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference defined"meter" as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a second. the definition for the meter is still in force to the present.

The table below provides the timeline of the meter definition (by Cardarelli, 2003).

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
One-tenth of a million in the Quadrant which is located along the Meridian	1795	500-100 mm	10 -4
The first prototype of the platinum bar standard	1799	50-10 mm	10 -5
Platinum-iridium bar that has melting point of the Ice (1st CGPM)	1889	200-100 nm	10 -7
Platinum-iridium bars near the melting area of the ice, atmospheric pressure, supported with two rolling rollers (7th CGPM)	1927	n.a.	n.a.
Hyperfine atomic transition 1650763.73 range of visible wavelengths resulting from the specific transformation of Krypton-86 (11th CGPM)	1960	4 nm	4x10 -9
The distance of path that light travels in a vacuum is measured in the fraction of one second (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial (US) measurement system. US measurement system

The Imperial system of the US measurement system, as well in US measurement systems aren't exactly the same however for length measurements they're the same (they differ in terms of volume measurements, which means e.g. the cup could contain quantity of floz that is different from the two measurement systems). The only countries that did not accept the metric system included those of the US, Liberia and Myanmar.

The six most frequently utilized US length units (also called imperial length units) were included in our length converter:

• One thousandths of an inch (mil / one thousandth of an inch (mil /),
• Inches (in),
• feet (ft),
• feet and inches
• yards (yd),
• miles (mi).

There are two more length units, but we've excluded these from the length converter on purpose: The term "furlong" refers to the fact that the length of a furlong's conversion ratio isn't well-defined and the term league was the most commonly used measurement across Europe as well as Latin America but is no any longer an official measurement for any one of them. However, you can find them below, along with 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 metric is also known as"the International System of Units (SI) is an international decimal-based system of measurements and weights. It is widely used across the globe (apart from the 3 countries listed in the preceding paragraphs) It is simple to use, practical and practical. The four basic units of the measurements 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.

In addition, 22 units that have their own names are also available. They can be divided into five categories:

1. Electromagnetism

• Volt is a measure of electrical potential
• Ohm, an unit of electrical resistance,
• Tesla A measurement unit for magnetic flux density,
• weber is a kind of magnetic flux,
• farad A measure of electrical capacitance,
• Henry can be a word that is used to refer to electrical inductance
• Siemens can be described as an electrical conductance type,
• Coulomb can be a word that is used to refer to an electric charge.

1. Mechanics

• Watt A unit of electrical or mechanical power,
• Newton A mechanical unit. force,
• Jourle is a term used to describe a unit of electrical, mechanical or thermodynamic energy
• pascal is a measurement unit for pressure.

1. Radiofrequency

• becquerel is a unit of radioactive decay,
• Sievert is a term used to describe the absorption of Ionising radiation. You can determine the radiation dose you received during your journey to the airport by using the radiation calculation calculator on flights.
• gray is a component of Ionizing radiation
• Lux is an expression that is used to refer to luminescent flux
• lumen is an expression used to describe the intensity of light.

1. Circular arcs as well as Spherical surfaces

• The Radian is a type of circular arc
• Sterandian Sterandian component of the spherical surface area.

1. Other

• degree Celsius can be described as a measure of thermodynamic temperature. It is possible to use this temperature converter to convert degrees Celsius in Kelvins or Fahrenheit.
• Katal is a component of catalytic activity
• hertz A number in cycles/second.