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 the tool that facilitates quick swapping between length units that are imperial as well as the measurement units in metric. This isn't all. It's also equipped with 20 measures of length:

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

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

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

It's a length conversion calculator makes use of inputs from units (up to 11 in the same calculations) within the software. The tool then calculates your length converter then returns your results for each unit in real-time. Select the unit you like for carrying the lengthy-distance converter to a different unit other than the ones defaulted to by Omni. Omni team. If you're looking to convert between different types of units, the first alternative is to use the

Length conversion table

For more details on what conversion rates are for the nine lengths that are the most sought-after units, see the following length conversion table:

millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	feet/foot (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
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 turn around a few of the variables for conversion to ensure they're in the right place for this table. So, some numbers aren't completely accurate but they do provide some accuracy.

Length conversion chart

You're looking for a way to swiftly switch between units within a single system? examine these two standard length conversion charts:

1. The method for measuring metrics.

For example:

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

1. Imperial US measurements system. US measure system

For example:

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

We've also decided to compile a list of the most popular length conversions. The most commonly used ones you'll need to search for are:

1. meters to feet/ feet-to meters

If you're trying to determine how many feet are in a unit of measurement, here you're:

• 1 Meter 3.281 feet that is equal to 3'3 inches, and 3'3 inches
• 1 foot equals 0.3048 Meter

1. centimeters to inches/ inches to cm

Find out how many centimeters comprise an inch.

• One centimeter 0.3937 inches
• 1 inch equals 2.54 centimeters

1. feet-to-inchesin inches

To convert between feet and inches you can utilize:

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

1. yards to feet/ yards to feet

How many yards could be fit within your backyard? Three!

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

1. feet to miles / miles to miles

Have ever considered how many feet you could estimate in the mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

The inch (abbreviate for"or ") is the measurement of length within the Imperial or the US standard system of metric measurement. The word comes from several definitions - the dimension of the human thumb. In certain languages e.g. Norwegian, Afrikaans, Italian or French the word "inch" is derived from the word"thumb" in some cases, however, it's the same idea. From the 14th century onwards An inch was defined through the reigning monarch the King George V of England by the concept consisting of three barley grain, dry and round, laid out between the ends and in length. In the past, definitions of "inches" has changed through the centuries until the 1950's, when, a standard for international usage was set, and since it, an inch measures exactly 2.54 centimeters.

1 in = 2.54 cm

The same amount is one-third one yard. 1/12 of a foot or 1/63360 of a mile.

In a day-to-day basis, inches are used in a variety of countries such as those of the US, UK, Canada as well as other nations that were once part of the British Empire. Along with length, width, and width can be measured the same manner, as are different sizes measured using units comprised of inch (e.g. sizes of shoes).

What's measured in inches? It's not just for the US however, but also around the globe?

• screen dimensions of smartphones, monitors TVs, monitors (specifically dimensions of diagonals in rectangular monitors)
• resolution in the LCD PPI (pixels per inch)
• measurements of tire dimensions of tires e.g. bicycle or car wheels,
• different tools and pipes of various sizes
• Certain sports equipments utilize the measure of inches. e.g. employed in archery.
• in sciences, e.g. Acoustics in the field of science, for example. Acoustics microphones, as well as the dimensions of loudspeakers

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

• 10,000 Tenths
• 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 0.333 palms
• 1/4 to 0.25 hands
• 1/12 (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 is used within the Imperial or US standard system of measuring. It's a measurement that is based in the anatomy of the human body, as the name implies. The measurement has been standardized in the 50s , and since then, it's equal to 0.3048 meters exactly:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

The use of feet been used since the beginning of time in different civilizations, but the length of the foot changed from culture one to the other. The foot was utilized, e.g. in:

• Ancient Rome: 1 foot = 11.6 inches (295.7 mm). This was a standard-sized shoe however in certain provinces, it may be larger that 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 is the equivalent to 12 inches (304.8 millimeters)

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

The measurement of feet has been used for feet England It is the measure of foot in England England is a measurement for feet was also altered over the years , starting with Roman standards, and then Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches or Welsh foot was introduced and then gone. The definition of feet was different in various regions and cities to city, and eventually the kings changed the measurement according to their own personal preferences . e.g., Henry I was believed to have initiated the creation an entirely new measurement based on his arm. After that, Edward II of England introduced some form of standardization and created the statute foot, which was 10/11 of the earlier foot. A finalizing of lengths of foot was reached in the year 1959, which was the year in which the International yard-and-pound convention was adopted. Since it was adopted, the length a yard in the United States and countries in the British Commonwealth is equal to exactly 0.9144 meters. The first time that yard measurements was established, the foot could be measured the same manner. Similar to:

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

In the US two kinds of feet are used often and that's the international foot as well as the survey foot:

1. International footAlso called the standard foot and was first standardized during the 50s. It is used extensively in a myriad of applications. It's actually equivalent to 0.3048 millimeters. The international equivalent is 0.3048 millimeters and we've used the symbol to signal that it's precisely that number. The measure in the international market is the equivalent of one's human feet which has the dimension of 13 (UK) as well as 14 (US male).
2. Survey foot This is the US survey foot. is virtually identical to the depths of the earth. But the word About is the main point . Survey feet are precisely 1200/3937 meters. 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you'll see, it's a minor difference - something changes as you approach 7th decimal! The difference is merely 0.609 millimeters 609 nanometers when you compare one kind of foot to another. What is the significance of this? It's important since the difference is minor in the case of measuring objects that are relatively small However, the distinction is significant when you begin measuring hundreds of thousands of feet in a particular way, such as when mapping in the use of the state plan coordinate system (SPCS). Furthermore, the law concerning the foot survey differ between all 50 states.
   • 24 states have passed laws which stipulates that the measures of survey should be based on US Survey foot. US Survey feet
   • 8 states have decided to make the announcement in line with global foot
   • 18 states are yet to specify the percentage of conversion to units in metric. Don't be concerned about it too much if looking for the change to cover the normal conveyances you use, or when you're conducting surveys on land it is small for distances of less than one mile (less 1 mile) and it doesn't matter which definition you pick.
   Another measurement for the foot, specifically the Indian survey foot . It's described as precisely 0.3047996 M: 1. Indian survey foot = 0.3047996 m

Feet as well as the whole imperial system is widely used throughout the US. Only one exception is the US. The US has the distinction of being the only industrialized nation in the world that hasn't yet accepted its International System of Units, also known as the system of measurement for measurement units in metric units. Two other countries that utilize this measurement system include Liberia in Africa within Africa and Myanmar (also called Burma) within Southeast Asia. Canadians together with the British use a mixture of both systems, imperial and metric (e.g. the height of males is usually expressed in feet, however inches are also utilized).

Feet aren't used extensively in countries where English isn't spoken. The most obvious instance could be in the area of measuring of altitude in the aviation industry.

Meter definition

Meter (British English: metre) is the base length unit used in many metrics, including ones of the International System of Units (SI).

The definition of"meter" changed as the methods of scientific measuring developed. The definition is that of the distance traveled by light in a vacuum that is within 1/992,458 seconds.

What was its meaning through the times?

• The first experiments with the definition of meters began in 1790. In 1790 the French National Assembly decided that the length of a new meter should be the same as its length , the pendulum with a half-period of one second. Find out the exactitude of this figure making use of our calculator for pendulums. Type 2 in the pendulum's period box and you'll be able figure out the length of pendulum. In reality, it's very near to the 1 meter limit (0.993621 millimeters).

• In 1973, the circumference Earth was selected as a neutral reference point. The meter was defined as one-ten-millionth of the distance between the equator and north-pole. North Pole: 1 meter is one-tenth of the quarter meridional radius Earth that extends through the meridian between two points: Earth and Paris
• Between 1799-1889, between 1799 and 1889, brass platinum as well as the mixture comprising platinum with 10 percent iridium meters were created, on an example of the base which was the length of the meridian of Earth. In the 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889, it was decided to define the length of the meter as that is measured between two lines of the normal bar made from this type of alloy. The International Prototype Meter remains within the International Bureau of Weights and Measures located in Sevres in close proximity to Paris. This meter definition was in use from 1960 onwards, and then later during that year's 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• Between 1960 and 1983, the meters were changed in 1959. The name was changed into 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of that red orange radiation Krypton86 under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference defined"meter" as 1/299,792,458 as a measure of the distance light travels within the space of a second. Its definition of meter is still in force till the present.

The table below summarizes the evolution of the concept of a meter (by cardarelli back in 2003).

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
One-tenth of a million people in the Quadrant that extends along the Meridian	1795	500-100 mm	10 -4
The first prototype of that platinum bar standards	1799	50-10 mm	10 -5
Platinum-iridium bar that has melting point of the frozen ice (1st CGPM)	1889	200-100 nm	10 -7
Platinum-iridium bars close to the melting point of atmospheric pressure of ice. They are supported through 2 rollers (7th CGPM)	1927	n.a.	n.a.
Hyperfine atomic shift 1650763.73 Spectrum of light wavelengths resulting from the particular transformation of krypton86 (11th CGPM)	1960	4 nm	4x10 -9
A length or a route through which can be traveled by light with a fraction of a second (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial (US) measure system. US measurement system

In the US In the US, the Imperial US measurement system as well as the US measurements aren't exactly the similar, however, for length measurements, they're identical (they differ in volume measures, so e.g. the cup could have certain amount of floz, that's distinct from the two measurement systems). The only countries that didn't accept the use of metrics included three countries: the US, Liberia and Myanmar.

A total of six of the most widely used US length units (also known as Imperial length units) were included in our length converter:

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

There are two other length units, but we've excluded them out of our length converter on purpose: The term "furlong" refers to the fact that the "furlong"'s conversion ratio is not widely defined or defined. The word "league" was previously the most popular measurement in Europe together with Latin America but is no more an official term in any region. However, you can see these units below, along with the most well-known values:

Unit	When compared to the preceding	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 called metric, also called"the International System of Units (SI) makes use of the decimal systems of international standard which is utilized for weights and measurements. It is widely used throughout the globe (apart of one of the countries mentioned in the previous paragraphs) and is simple to understand, rational, and useful. The four main elements of the measuring system 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 there are 22 derivative units that have their own names are available. They can be classified into five categories:

1. Electromagnetism

• Volt is a measurement of electrical potential
• Ohm, an unit of electrical resistance
• Tesla The measurement of the density of magnetic flux,
• weber is a type of magnetic flux
• farad A measure of capacitance in electrical circuits,
• Henry is an expression used to refer to electrical inductance
• Siemens is an electric conductance type,
• coulomb could be a word used to refer to an electrical charge.

1. Mechanics

• Watt A device that generates mechanical or electrical energy,
• newton A mechanical unit. force,
• Jourle is a term used to denote a unit of mechanical, electrical or thermodynamic energy
• pascal A measurement of pressure.

1. Radiofrequency

• becquerel is a term used to describe a unit of radioactive decay
• Sievert as a unit of absorption of radioactive ionisation. It is possible to calculate the dose of radiation you received when you traveled to the airport with the radiation calculator found on flights.
• gray is an element in Ionizing radiation
• lux is a term that refers to luminescent flux
• lumen is a term that defines the intensity of luminous light.

1. Circular circles and Spherical surfaces

• Radian is a kind of circular arc
• Sterandian Sterandian portion of the spherical space.

1. Other

• degree Celsius is the term used in thermodynamics. It is possible to use this temperature converter that converts temperatures into degrees Celsius to Kelvins (or Fahrenheit.
• Katal is an element of catalytic action,
• hertz A number of cycles per second.