length converter

 Table of Contents:

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

length converter length converter is a tool that allows quick conversion into a length unit that is imperial, as well as the length unit that is metric. It's more than 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)
• Meters, centimeters, and meters
• kilometers (km)

• 1/10th of an inch (mil /thou)
• inches (in)
• feet (ft)
• inches and feet
• yards (yd)
• miles (mi)

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

It's an length conversion calculator can be operated by entering units (up to eleven units at once in the same calculation) in the calculator. The tool calculates the length converter then returns your results for each unit in real-time. Select the unit if you would prefer to perform an extension to another unit, other than the ones that are the default units from Omni. Omni team. For those trying to translate between various units of area an alternative method is to make use of the

Length conversion table

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

millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	Meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	feet or 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
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 reduce a some of the conversion variables to make them fit into this table. This means that some values may not be exact however they have a degree of accuracy.

Length conversion chart

If you're trying to find a way to swiftly switch between units within one system, have a look at these easy length chart for conversion:

1. The measurement system that is metric

For example:

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

1. Measurements in Imperial US measures system. US measure system

For instance:

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

We've also put together an index of the top sought-after length conversions. The most popular ones are:

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

If you're trying to figure out the number of feet in the meter, you'll find this:

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

1. cm to inchesIn cm

Find out the number 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 the following:

• 1 foot equals 12 inches
• 1 . 0.08333 feet one-half 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 milesMiles to miles

Have you ever considered the number of feet in one mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

"The inch" (abbreviate that means "or ") is a measurement of length employed for the Imperial or the US and the US metric systems. The word comes from several definitions: the dimension of the human thumb. In various languages 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 defined in under the reigns of King Edward I. England by the definition consisting of three barley grain that were dry and round that were placed between the edges of the in-length. What is an inch? The meaning of the word has changed throughout time, but in the 1950's an international standard was adopted, and since the 1950's, an inch has been precisely 2.54 centimeters.

1 in = 2.54 cm

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

On a daily basis it is commonplace to use inches across countries such as in the US, UK, Canada and many other nations that were once member of the British Empire. Along with the length, width and width are measured in different sizes, and also measured with units created from inches (e.g. the dimensions of a shoe).

What is measured in inches? Not only within the US however and all around the globe?

• Dimensions of the screen of smartphones, monitors TVs, and monitors (specifically dimensions of dimensions of the diagonals on rectangular screen)
• Resolution of screen PPI (pixels per inch)
• measurements of tire size of tire e.g. car wheels or bicycle wheels
• different equipment and pipes in various dimensions
• Certain sports equipments make use of this measurement, which is measured in inches. e.g. in archery.
• within the realm of science, e.g. Acoustics in science, e.g. Acoustics microphones and how loudspeakers are sized.

The"International inch" or "International inch" refers to: International inch is equivalent of:

• 10,000 10ths of one tenth
• 1,000 thou/mil
• 100 points or tear
• 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 of 0.08333 feet
• 1/36 or 0.02777 yards

Feet definition

Foot (abbreviate in the form of "ft" or ") is a unit of length that are utilized in the Imperial or US standard system of measuring. It's a measurement that is dependent on the human body, as its name implies. The measurement was standardized in the 1950s , and since then, it's equal to 0.3048 meters exactly:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

The use of feet has been in use from the beginning across different civilizations. However the length of feet varied among these different cultures. The foot was utilized, e.g. in:

• Ancient Rome: 1 foot = 11.6 inches (295.7 mm). It was a standard foot however, in certain regions, 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 in the Bronze Age: 1 foot equals 13.2 inches (333.5 millimeters)
• Egypt can be described as the equivalent to 12 inches (304.8 millimeters)

The official imperial measurement for public use that is not recognized by official standards Greenwich

The measurement of feet is utilized in England In England England is a measurement that have also changed throughout time. It began with Roman standards, later Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches or Welsh foot was introduced, but was later removed. Foot measurement differed between regions, and city to city, and then the kings altered the measurement according to their desires - e.g., Henry I was believed to have issued an entirely new standard that was built on his arm. Then, Edward II of England introduced some kind of standardization, and also introduced the statute foot which was 10/11 shorter than the previous foot. The finalization of the length of the foot came significantly later, in 1959, following 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 types of feet are used on a regular basis. These are the global foot as well as the survey.

1. The International FootAlso known as"the standard" foot. It was initially standardized in the 50s. It is widely used across a variety of industries, it's equivalent to 0.3048 meters: 1 . International foot 0.3048 millimeters and we've utilized the symbol to show is exactly the quantity. The international measurement is comparable to an individual's foot. It has the size thirteen (UK) and 14 (US male).
2. Survey foot This is the US survey foot is almost identical in size to the bottom on the planet. But, the word Nearly is the most important . The definition of survey foot is exactly 1200/3937 meters. 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you will see, it seems like a tiny change - however, there is a difference as you get closer to that seventh decimal! It's just 0.609 mm, 609 nanometers if you compare one type of foot with the other. What's the significance of this? Important because the difference is not significant when we're measuring small objects, but it becomes crucial as we start to measure several hundred thousand feet, like mapping or using SPCS, also known as the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS). Additionally, the law governing the survey foot differs among each of the fifty US States.
   • There are 24 states that have passed legislation that say that surveying measures should be based on US feet of the survey. US foot of survey
   • Eight states have voted in favor of announcing the decision in accordance to the worldwide foot
   • 18 states don't have specific rate of conversion for metric units. But don't stress about that if your in the need of conversion in your regular conveyances or when you're conducting a survey of land. The difference isn't that significant for shorter distances (less than 1 mile) and it doesn't matter what definition you choose to use.
   There's a distinct measurement for the foot, and that's 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. This isn't just the case in the US. The US is regarded as being the only industrialized country in the world to not have adopted its International System of Units, which is also known as the measurement system that uses the measure unit of metric. Two other countries with this measurement system include Liberia and Liberia in Africa within Africa as well as Myanmar (also called Burma) situated to the south of Southeast Asia. Canadians and also the British use a mixture of the two systems, imperial and the metric (e.g. the men's height is typically expressed in feet , however inches can also be employed).

Feet aren't used widely in nations that aren't english-speaking. The most obvious example would be the application of elevation on an aircraft in the international travel industry.

Meter definition

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

A definition for meter was modified as the techniques for measuring scientifically evolved. The definition of meter is how long is the direction in which light moves in a vacuum which is 1/99,792,458 seconds.

What was its definition when its time of being first known?

• The first experiments with the definition of meter began in 1790. In 1790, it was decided to the French National Assembly decided that the length of the new meter must be similar to that of a pendulum, with one second of half-period. Find out the exactitude of this figure using the help of our calculator for pendulums. Simply enter 2. in the pendulum's duration box, and you'll be able determine the length of the pendulum. In fact, it's approximately one millimeter (0.993621 metres).

• In 1973 Earth's circumference Earth was selected as an unambiguous reference point. The term "meter" was used to be a reference to the one-ten millionth distance between the Equator until the north pole. North Pole: 1 meter is one-tenth of the meridional radius of Earth which runs across the meridian that connects Paris with the Earth and Paris
• 1799-1889, in the period between 1889 between 1889 and 1799, brass platinum and the mixture of platinum and 10% Iridium meter bars were created on an alloy that covered the length of the meridian on Earth. At the 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889 defined that"meter" as a term "meter" as the length that lies between two lines on a typical bar made of this type of alloy. It is the International Prototype Meter is located in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures situated in Sevres close to Paris. The meter definition was in use from 1960, and then it got adopted at the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• From 1960 until 1983, the meters were revamped in the 1960s decade. Names were changed from 1,650,763.73 wavelengths derived in the form of red-orange Krypton86 under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference defined"meter" by the number 1/299,792,458 in the distance light travels in one second. the definition for the meter is up to date.

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

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
One-tenth million in the Quadrant which is located in the Meridian	1795	500-100 mm	10 -4
The prototype for the first platinum bar standard	1799	50-10 mm	10 -5
Platinum-iridium bar that has melting point . 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 spectrum 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 through in a vacuum is measured in the fraction of a second (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial (US) measurements system. US measurement system

The Imperial measurement system used in US measurement system. US measurements system and the US measurement systems, isn't identical, but for length measurements , they're the same (they differ in terms of measurement of volume, which implies e.g. the cup might contain a certain amount of floz which is different from the two measurement systems). The only countries to not accept the metric system was those from Liberia, US, Liberia and Myanmar.

The six most commonly used US length units (also known as 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 them from our length converter on purpose: The term "furlong" refers to the fact that the length of one"furlong"'s conversion ratio isn't fully defined while the league was the most commonly employed measurement throughout Europe as well as Latin America but is no ever any official measure for one of these. However, you can see these units below, as well as the most commonly used values:

Unit	Comparatively 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 called metric often referred to as"the International System of Units (SI) is an international decimal-based system for measurements and weights. It is extensively used across the globe (apart of the 3 countries that are listed in the preceding paragraphs) It is easy to use, practical and practical. The four most fundamental measurement units in the metric system 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 distinct names are available. They can be divided by five types:

1. Electromagnetism

• Volt is a measurement of electrical potential
• Ohm is an unit of electrical resistance,
• Tesla The measurement unit for magnetic flux density
• weber is a kind of magnetic flux,
• farad A measure of electrical capacitance,
• Henry can be a phrase that refers to electrical inductance
• Siemens is an electric conductance kind,
• Coulomb can be an adjective used to describe the electric charge.

1. Mechanics

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

1. Radiofrequency

• becquerel is a type of radioactive decay,
• Sievert is the term used to describe the absorption of ionising radiation. You can determine the dose of radiation you received when you traveled to the airport with our radiation calculation calculator on flights.
• gray is a part of Ionizing radiation
• Lux is an expression that is used to describe luminescent flux
• lumen is an expression used to describe the strength of light.

1. Circular Arcs and Spherical surfaces

• The Radian is a type of circular arc
• Sterandian Sterandian element of the area.

1. Other

• degrees Celsius can be described as a measurement of thermodynamic temperature. The temperature converter can use this temperature converter to convert degrees Celsius in Kelvins in Kelvins or Fahrenheit.
• Katal Is a catalytic component.
• hertz A number in cycles/second.