Length conversion chart

 Table of Contents:

• Length conversion table
• Length conversion chart
• Inch definition
• Feet definition
• Meter definition
• Measurement system: Imperial US measures system. US measurement system
• Metric measurement system

length converter length converter is a tool that enables quick transformation in length unit that is imperial as well as the measurement in metric. It's not just that. It's fitted with twenty measurement 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)

• Miles nautical (nmi)
• Sun radii (R)
• light years (ly)
• (au) The Astronomical Unit (au)
• parsecs (pc)

It's a length conversion calculator utilizes input of units (up from 11 in the calculation) within the calculator. The calculator then computes length conversion and length converter then returns your outcomes for each unit , in real-time. Select the unit if you wish to perform length conversion to a different one to those that are standard from Omni. Omni team. In the event that you're trying convert various areas, an alternative method is to make use of the

Table for converting length

To learn what conversion factors are applicable to the nine most popular length units, take a look at this table about length conversion:

millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	feet or feet or (ft)	yard (yd)	mile (mi)	A 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 on a rounding of a several of the variables used in conversion to make them fit inside this table. This means that certain values might not be precise, but they still have some degree of accuracy.

Length conversion chart

If you're looking for a method to rapidly switch between units within a system, look into these two simple length charts:

1. The method of measuring metrics.

For example:

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

1. Imperial US measuring system. US measure system

For instance:

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

We've also taken the initiative to create a list of some of the most commonly sought-after length conversions. The most popular ones that you'll want search for are:

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

When you're trying determine how many feet are included in a meter, you're:

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

1. cm to inches/ inches to inches

Find out how many centimeters contained in an inch.

• One centimeter 0.3937 inches
• 1 inch equals 2.54 centimeters

1. inches and feet

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

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

1. yards to feet or yards to feet

How many feet can fit into the space? 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 you can count in a mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

The inch (abbreviate meaning "or ") is a length measurement used as part of the Imperial or the US measures system. The term comes from a few definitions - the size of the thumb. In some languages e.g. Norwegian, Afrikaans, Italian or French the term "inch" originates from the word"thumb" or, in some cases, it's exactly the same idea. Since the 14th century onwards an inch was first defined during the reigns of King Edward I. England to comprise three grains of barley, which were dry and round, placed between the two ends on the lengthwise. The definition of the inch varied throughout the ages , but by the 1950's the 1950's an international standard was adopted, and, since then the definition of an inch has been equivalent 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 widely used across the US, UK, Canada as well as other countries which were once element of the British Empire. Along with length, width and height are measured in various sizes, as well as in units that derive in inches (e.g. the size of the shoe).

What is measured in inches? Not only in the US however, but also around the globe?

• dimension of screens of monitors, smartphones televisions, (specifically dimensions of the diagonals of rectangular screens)
• Resolution of screen PPI (pixels per inch)
• measurements of tire size of tire e.g. wheel for bicycle or car,
• diverse tools and pipes of various sizes
• certain sports equipments use the inch value. e.g. in archery.
• within the science field, e.g. Acoustics in science, for instance. Acoustics microphones as well the dimensions of loudspeakers

The term "One International inch is the same as:

• 10,000 tenths
• 1,000 thou/mil
• 100 points , 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

The word foot (abbreviate by "ft" or ") is a unit of length that is used as part of the Imperial or US standard measurement system. It's an measurement made up of the body of an individual, as the name implies. This measurement became standardized in the 50s and has since been equivalent to 0.3048 meters precisely:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

The usage of feet has been widely used since ancient times throughout various cultures however their length feet varied among these peoples. The foot was utilized in different manners, e.g. in:

• Ancient Rome: 1 foot = 11.6 inches (295.7 mm). This was the standard foot, however in some regions it could be longer than 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 It's the equivalent of 12 inches (304.8 millimeters)

The official imperial standards for public measurement, Greenwich

The measurement for feet is utilized to measure feet in England It was during England the foot measurement was also changed through the years and was first introduced in Roman standards. It was later changed into Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches, or Welsh foot was introduced, however, it was later removed. Foot measurements differed in different regions, city to city, then the monarchs modified the measure in accordance with their desires - e.g., Henry I was believed to have ordain the development of an all-new standard based on his arm. After that, Edward II of England introduced some kind of standardization. He introduced the statute foot that was 10/11 smaller than the previous foot. The end of the foot's length was much later, in the year 1959 which was the year the International yard-and pound convention was adopted. Since then, yard length is in both the United States and countries in the British Commonwealth is equal to approximately 0.9144 meters. At the time when yard first established in the beginning the feet could be measured as well. Similar to:

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

In the US two kinds of foot are employed on a regular basis: the international foot, and those who survey.

1. The International FootAlso known as"the normal foot," it first standardized in the 50s. Widely used in a variety of settings, it's the equivalent of 0.3048 millimeters: 1 international foot 0.3048 millimeters and we've employed this symbol to show what is the meaning behind exactly this amount. The measure that is used worldwide is comparable to the human foot, with size of 13 (UK) and 14 (US male).
2. Survey foot It is the US survey foot It is nearly identical to feet of the earth. But, the word Nearly is the primary . The definition of survey feet is exactly 1200/3937 m 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you can see, it looks like a tiny change - however, something changes as you near seven decimal places! The difference is small, just 0,609 mm, 609 nanometers, when you compare different foot types to the other. What's the reason this is important? It is important because the difference isn't that significant when we're measuring the dimensions of relatively small objects however the difference is significant when we begin to measure the hundreds of thousands of foot, for example, when mapping using SPCS The State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS). Further, the laws governing the foot survey differs among the 50 states.
   • 24 states have adopted legislation that says that all the measures for surveying must be based on US surveys foot. US surveying is based upon feet.
   • A total of 8 countries have made a decision to adopt the announcement in accordance in line with global foot
   • 18 states do not have the same conversion rate for metric units. However, don't worry about it if you're in need of the conversion for your usual conveyances or when you're conducting a survey of your land it is minimal in shorter distances (less than 1 mile) and it doesn't matter which definition you choose to use.
   There's another measurement of the foot: the Indian survey foot . It's described as precisely 0.3047996 M: 1. Indian survey foot = 0.3047996 m

Feet as well as the entire imperial system are extensively used throughout the US. It's nearly exclusively utilized throughout the United States. The US is regarded as being the only industrialized nation around the globe that hasn't yet been able to accept its International System of Units, which is commonly referred to as the system of measurement in units called the metric. Two other countries using this method of measuring include Liberia with Africa within Africa within Africa in Africa along with Myanmar (also known as Burma) in Southeast Asia. Canadians and the British use a mixture of both systems: metric and imperial (e.g. the height of men will usually measure in inches, however inches are also utilized).

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

Meter definition

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

Measurement definition has changed because the methods used for scientific measuring evolved. The definition is which is the path of light that travels in a vacuum in less than 1/992,458 seconds.

What did it mean before?

• The initial tests of measurement began in 1790. In 1790, 1790, the French National Assembly decided that the length of a brand new meter would be exactly what is the size of the pendulum, and an average half-period of 1 second. Test the accuracy of this calculation using and use the pendulum calculator. Simply enter 2. into the pendulum's time box and you'll be able determine what the total length is of the pendulum. It's actually very close to 1 meter (0.993621 millimeters).

• In 1973, the size of Earth was chosen as a neutral standard. The term "meter" was used to mean one-tenth of the distance that is from the equator until the north pole. North Pole: 1 meter is 1/10,000,000 of the quarter meridional circle around Earth which is situated across the meridian line that connects two places: the Earth and Paris
• In the years 1799-1889, between 1889 and 1799, brass, platinum, and an alloy consisting of platinum and 10% Iridium-based meter bars were created upon an example of an alloy base that measured the length of the meridian of Earth. In 1889, the 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889, established the meters as the length that is measured by two lines of a typical bar made of this kind of alloy. It is the International Prototype Meter is kept inside the International Bureau of Weights and Measures located in Sevres close to Paris. The meter definition was first used in the 1960s and during the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• Between 1960 and 1983, the meters were revised from 1960 to the year. It was renamed 1,650,763.73 wavelengths, which are derived by the radioactive red Krypton86 under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference defined"meter" for the period of 1/299,792,458 of how far light is able to travel in one second. This definition of the meters remains in effect through.

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

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
1/10,000,000 within the quadrant which is located 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 points of frozen the ice (1st CGPM)	1889	200-100 nm	10 -7
Platinum-iridium bars that are near the melting points of Ice, atmospheric pressure, supported by two rolling rollers (7th CGPM)	1927	n.a.	n.a.
Hyperfine atomic shift; 1650763.73 spectrum of visible wavelengths derived from the Krypton-86 specific transition (11th CGPM)	1960	4 nm	4x10 -9
It is the length of path light that is traveled in a vacuum , in the fraction of seconds (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial or US measurement system

Imperial measurement system, the US measurement system as well as US measurement systems aren't exactly the similar, however, for measurements of length, they're similar (they differ in terms of volume measurements, which means e.g. the cup could contain the amount of floz which differs between the two measurements systems). The only countries that did not accept the metric system were countries like the US, Liberia and Myanmar.

Six of the six frequently used US length units (also called imperial length units) were included in our length converter:

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

There are two more length units, however we've removed them from the length converter on purpose: The term "furlong" refers to the fact that the "furlong"'s conversion ratio is not widely defined as is the case with"league" refers to the fact that league was the most widely used measurement in Europe as well as Latin America but is no ever an official measurement used in any. They are however available below as well as the most frequently-used values:

Unit	When compared 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 commonly called as"the International System of Units (SI) is the international decimal system that is used for weights and measurements. It is widely used throughout all over the world (apart from the 3 countries that are listed in the earlier paragraphs) It's easy to use, practical and useful. The four fundamental elements of the measure system of measures 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 other derivative units bearing the same names exist. We can classify them according to five classifications:

1. Electromagnetism

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

1. Mechanics

• Watt A device that produces electrical or mechanical power,
• Newton A mechanical device. force
• Jourle, a unit of mechanical, electrical or thermodynamic energy
• pascal A measure of pressure.

1. Radiofrequency

• becquerel is a form of radioactive decay
• sievert an unit of absorption of ionising radiation. It is possible to calculate the dose of radiation you received on your way to the airport using our radiation calculator for flights.
• grey one of the elements of the ionizing radiation
• "lux" is the name used to indicate luminescent flux
• lumen is a term used to refer to the intensity of light.

1. Circular arcs and Spherical surfaces

• The Radian is an arc of circular shape
• Sterandian It is the part of the surface area spherical.

1. Other

• degree Celsius is the name used for measuring thermodynamics temperatures. It is possible to utilize this temperature converter, which converts Celsius from Celsius in Kelvins or Fahrenheit.
• Katal is an element of catalytic activity,
• hertz A number of cycles per second.