basic length unit conversations

     Length Unit Conversion Table

The table below can be used to convert between some common length units:

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Convert from	Convert to
	inches	feet	yards	miles	nautical miles	cables
meter	39.37	3.28	1.09	6.21 10-4	5.4 10-3	5.4 10-3
decimeter	3.937	0.328	0.109	6.21 10-5	5.4 10-4	5.4 10-4
centimeter	0.394	0.0328	0.0109	6.21 10-6	5.4 10-5	5.4 10-5
millimeter	0.039	0.00328	0.00109	6.21 10-7	5.4 10-6	5.4 10-6
micrometer	3.9 10-5	3.28 10-6	1.09 10-6	6.2 10-10	5.4 10-10	5.4 10-9
nanometer	3.9 10-8	3.28 10-9	1.09 10-9	6.21 10-13	5.4 10-13	5.4 10-12
ångströms	3.9 10-9	3.28 10-10	1.09 10-10	6.21 10-14	5.4 10-14	5.4 10-13
hectometer	3937	328	109.4	0.0621	0.054	0.54
kilometer	39370	3280	1094	0.621	0.54	0.54
inch	1	0.083	0.0278	1.58 10-5	1.37 10-5	1.37 10-4
foot	12	1	0.33	1.89 10-4	1.65 10-4	1.65 10-3
yard	36	3	1	5.7 10-4	4.9 10-4	4.9 10-3
mile	63398	5283	1761	1	0.87	8.7
nautical mile	72908	6076	2025	1.15	1	10
cable	7291	607.6	203	0.11	0.1	1

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	meters	decimeters	centimeters	millimeters	micrometers	nanometers	ångströms	hectometers	kilometers
meter	1	10	100	1000	106	109	1010	0.01	0.001
decimeter	0.1	1	10	100	105	108	109	0.001	0.0001
centimeter	0.01	0.1	1	10	104	107	108	0.0001	0.00001
millimeter	0.001	0.01	0.1	1	103	106	107	0.00001	0.000001
micrometer	10-6	10-5	10-4	10-3	1	103	104	10-8	10-9
nanometer	10-9	10-8	10-7	10-6	10-3	1	10	10-11	10-12
ångströms	10-10	10-9	10-8	10-7	10-4	0.1	1	10-12	10-13
hectometer	100	1000	104	105	108	1011	1012	1	0.1
kilometer	1000	104	105	106	109	1012	1013	10	1
inch	0.0254	0.254	2.54	25.4	2.54 104	2.54 107	2.54 108	2.54 10-4	2.54 10-5
foot	0.3048	3.048	30.48	304.8	3.05 105	3.05 108	3.05 109	3.05 10-3	3.05 10-4
yard	0.914	9.14	91.4	914	9.14 105	9.14 108	9.14 109	9.14 10-3	9.14 10-4
mile	1610	1.61 104	1.61 105	1.61 106	1.61 107	1.61 1012	1.61 1013	1.61 102	1.61
nautical mile	1852	1.85 104	1.85 105	1.85 106	1.85 107	1.85 1012	1.85 1013	1.85 102	1.85
cable	185	1.85 103	1.85 104	1.85 105	1.85 106	1.85 1011	1.85 1012	1.85	0.185

Inches to Feet

4" (inches) can be converted to feet as

(4 inches) / (12 inches/foot) = 0.33333 feet

Inches	Feet
1	0.08
2	0.17
3	0.25
4	0.33
5	0.42
6	0.5
7	0.58
8	0.67
9	0.75
10	0.83
11	0.92
12	1

Other Length Units

·        1 meter = 118.106 barleycoms

·        1 meter = 0.04971 chains (surveyors)

·        1 meter = 1.14286 ells (UK)

·        1 meter = 236.22 ems (pica)

·        1 meter = 0.5468 fathoms

·        1 meter = 0.00497 furlongs

·        1 meter = 9.8425 hands

·        1 meter = 39370 mil

·        1 meter = 10¹² picometers

·        1 Scandinavian (Norway & Sweden) mil = 10000 meters

·        1 astronomical unit (AU) = 149598550000 meters

·        1 light year = 9460528405000000 meters

·        1 parsec = 30856776000000000 meters

·        1 furlong = 40 rods