Length conversion chart

 Table of Contents:

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

the length converter is an instrument that allows quick transformation to length measurement that is imperial as well as imperial units, but it's also not just the case. It is equipped with 20 measurements of length

• An angstrom (A)
• Picometers (pm)
• Nanometers (nm)
• Micrometers (mm)
• millimeters (mm)
• centimeters (cm)
• decimeters (dm)
• meters (m)
• Millimeters and centimeters
• kilometers (km)

• millimeters or an inch (mil /thou)
• inches (in)
• feet (ft)
• inches and feet
• yards (yd)
• miles (mi)

• mile nautical (nmi)
• Sun radii (R)
• Light years (ly)
• Astronomical units (au)
• parsecs (pc)

This length conversion calculatorworks by entering units (up to 11 in the same calculation) into the tool. The tool then calculates the length converter then returns your results for each measurement in real time. Click on the name of the unit, in case you want to convert the length conversion to an alternative unit that is different from the ones that are defaulted from the Omni. Omni team. If you are looking to convert between several areas, a different option we suggest is the

Length conversion table

To know what the conversion factors are applicable to the nine most popular length units look up the following length conversion table:

millimeter (mm)	centimeter (cm)	Meter (m)	kilometer (km)	inch (in)	feet / 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
1.25 inches (in)	25.4	2.54	0.0254	0.0000254	1	0.08333	0.02778	0.000015783	0.000013715
1 foot = 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 taken the decision to round some in the coefficients of conversion to fit them into this table. Therefore, some numbers may not be exact, but they are accurate enough.

Length conversion chart

If you're looking for a way to convert quickly between the various systems, take a an interest in these two easy length conversion charts:

1. The system of measuring in the metric system

For instance:

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

1. Imperial US measure 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 frequently asked length converters. The most sought-after ones are:

1. meters to feetmeters to feet

If you're contemplating the number of feet in a single Meter, here's the solution:

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

1. inch to cm/ inches in cm

Find out the amount of centimeters in an inch.

• One centimeter 0.3937 inches
• 1 inch equals 2.54 centimeters

1. feet-to-inchesand inches to feet

To convert between feet and inches make use of:

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

1. feet to yards/ yards to feet

How many feet are there in the backyard? Three!

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

1. feet = milesor miles converted into feet

Are you aware of HTML0? Have you considered how many feet you can fit in one mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

Inch (abbreviate that means "or ") can be described as a measurement unit of length, in the Imperial or US measurement system. The measurement comes from - based on some definitions - the size of the human thumb. In some various other languages e.g. Norwegian, Afrikaans, Italian or French the word "inch" is derived from the word thumb. Or, in certain instances, the same term. The 14th century saw the word "inch" was specified by the King of England as three grains of barley round and dry laid from end to end along the length. The definition of an inch has changed through the centuries however, in the 1950s, an international standard was accepted, and, since then the standard for an inch is 2.54 centimeters.

1 in = 2.54 cm

One inch is equivalent to 1/16 yard. One-half of a foot , or 1/63360 of a mile.

In a regular day-to-day basis, in inches is utilized in US, UK, Canada and a host of other countries which were once part of the British Empire. The length, height, and width are measured in inches. Other sizes are measured in units that are derived in inches (e.g. size of shoes).

What is the measurement in inches? It's not just in the US but across the globe?

• dimension of screen of smartphones, monitors TVs, and mobile phones (specifically those that have dimensions of diagonals on rectangular screens)
• Resolution of screen - PPI (pixels per inch)
• sizes of tire dimensions e.g. bicycle or car wheels
• various sizes of pipes and tools. sizes
• Certain sporting equipments use the inches in a certain amount, e.g. to shoot archery
• is used in the field of science, e.g. Acoustics - microphones and the dimensions of speaker speakers

International inch is equivalent to: International inch is the equivalent of:

• 10,000 10ths of a tenth
• 1,000 Thou/mil
• 100 points, tears or
• 72 PostScript points
• 6 computer picas
• 3 barleycorns
• 2.54 centimeters exactly
• 0.999998 US Survey inches
• 1/3 which is 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 of the length units in an Imperial as well as US an metric. It's a measure that is based on the human body as its name suggests. The measurement became standardized in 1950s, and has since been equal to 0.3048 meters precisely:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

The use of the foot has been practiced from the beginning of time in a variety of societies, but what was the size of the foot differed among the different cultures. The foot was used, e.g. in:

• Ancient Rome: 1 foot equals 11.6 inches (295.7 mm). This was a normal foot, however in certain provinces, it could be as high as 13.2 inches (334 millimeters)
• Greece: 1 foot equals 10.6-13.8 inches (270 - 350 millimeters)
• Indus cities in the Bronze Age: 1 foot equals 13.2 inches (333.5 millimeters)
• Egypt What is one foot measures twelve inches (304.8 millimeters)

The official imperial public measurements standards Greenwich

The measurement of feet in England The measurement of feet also changed over the centuries. It started with Roman standards, and then Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches or Welsh foot was introduced and it was removed. The definition of feet differed from regions and cities to city, and later the kings changed the measurement according to their preferences and preferences. e.g., Henry I was believed to have created an entirely new standard , which was inspired by his arm. The following years, Edward II of England introduced the concept of standardization. He introduced the statute foot that was 10/11 of the earlier foot. A final consensus on foot's length was reached much later, in 1959, when the International yard-and pound convention that was adopted. Since then, the length of a yard within the United States and countries in the British Commonwealth is equal to precisely 0.9144 meters. In the beginning, when yard was defined as a foot, it was able to be defined in a similar manner. It's therefore equivalent to:

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

In the US it is possible to distinguish two kinds of foot that are used each day . These include the international foot as well as the survey foot.

1. International footAlso is known as the standard foot since it was the standard foot in the 1950s. Widely used in wide range of situations, it's equivalent to 0.3048 millimeters. 1 international foot 0.3048 millimeters in which we use the symbol to signify the fact that it's exactly this number. The measurement of the international foot is equivalent to that of the foot in humans, and has 13.2 inches of size (UK) (UK) or 14. (US male).
2. Survey foot It is one of the US survey foot is almost identical in size with the foot of the world. But the word nearly The most crucial aspect - the survey foot definition is precise 1200/3937 meters: 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you can see, this appears like a tiny difference that is a little smaller in the seventh decimal place! This is an increase of 0.609 millimeters (609 nm) when comparing the different types of feet to one that's different. What's the significance? It's essential because the distinction isn't significant when we're measuring tiny objects. However, it can be increased substantially when we start counting thousands of feet, such as when mapping or using the state plane coordinate system (SPCS). Furthermore, the law that governs the foundation of a survey differs between fifty states.
   • 24 states have passed legislation that requires the population in line with US feet for survey. US surveys foot
   • Eight states have agreed that the decision to take the decision should be made on the basis of an global foot
   • 18 states don't have specifically defined conversion ratio for measurement units. However, don't worry if you need to convert in order to conduct your daily property transactions or land surveys. The differenciation is not that big for shorter lengths (less less than one mile) It doesn't matter what definition you choose to use.
   There's a different measurement of feet, which is called the Indian survey foot . It's described as precisely 0.3047996 M: 1. Indian survey foot equals 0.3047996 meters

Feet - as well as the entire imperial system are widespread throughout The US. It's virtually all the time. It's also true that the US is the sole industrialized nation that hasn't yet accepted the International System of Units, which is also known for its system of metric measurement. Two other countries that use an imperial-based system include Liberia situated in Africa as well as Myanmar (also called Burma) located at Southeast Asia. Canadians as well as the British employ a mixture of both systems, imperial and metric (e.g. the men's height is usually expressed in feet , though inches are also used).

Feet aren't widely used in countries that don't have English as a primary language. The most obvious instance is to measure how high international flight altitudes are.

Meter definition

Meter (British English: metre) is the most fundamental measurement of length in a number of measurement systems, such as that of International System of Units (SI).

The definition of meter has changed since the scientific methods of measuring developed. It is now defined in terms of how long is the distance traveled by light in a vacuum within 1/99,792,458 seconds.

But, how was it described in the past?

• The initial attempts to formulate the definition of meter began with the year 1790. In 1790 The French National Assembly decided that the length of a brand new meter would be similar to the pendulum , but with an interval that was one second during the period of half. You can check the precision of this measurement using our pendulum calculator. Enter 2 in the pendulum's box for period and you'll find an estimate of its length. It's actually just a few meters (0.993621 meters).

• In 1973 , the circumference of the Earth was chosen as a neutral base point for reference. The meters were defined as one ten millionth of the distance from the Equator towards north pole. North Pole: 1 meter equals 1/10,000,000 of the circular circumference Earth across the Meridian of Earth through Paris
• 1799-1889 from 1799 to 1889 between 1799 and 1889, brass, platinum, and the platinum alloy with 10% iridium meters were made, and still serve as an alloy with the length of Earth's Meridian. At the 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889, it was established that meters were defined as distances between parallel lines in a bar made of the latter type of alloy. The International Prototype Meter is kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures situated within Sevres close to Paris. In 1889, the definition for meter was in effect until 1960 and also it was the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• Between 1960 and 1983, the meters were redefined between 1960 and the year 1960. The name was changed to 1,650,763.73 frequencies of red-orange radiation from Krypton with 86 wavelengths under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference established that the word "meter" refers to 1/299,792,458 in the amount light travels within a second. the measurement is in use up to the present.

Below is a table that summarizes the time line of a meter's definition (by Cardarelli 2003).

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
Tenths of the Square that runs parallel to the Meridian	1795	500-100 mm	10 -4
The initial version of the standard platinum bar	1799	50-10 mm	10 -5
The bar is made of platinum and iridium near the point of melting frozen (1st CGP)	1889	200-100 nm	10 -7
Platinum-iridium bars with melting point of Ice, atmospheric pressure, and two roll (7th CGP)	1927	n.a.	n.a.
Hyperfine nuclear transition 1650763.73 spectrum of wavelengths that resulted from a transition that was identified in Krypton-86 (11th of CGPM)	1960	4 nm	4x10 -9
The total length of the path taken through a vacuum of light is 1:597 792 458 seconds (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial American measurement system. US measurement system

Imperial and US measurement methods aren't the equivalent, however, for length measurements they are similar (they do not have the same measurements in terms of volume, which means e.g. the cup could have different amount of fl oz in each measurement system). The only countries that didn't accept the metric units were US, Liberia and Myanmar.

Six of the most frequently used US imperial length units have been integrated into the length converter:

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

There are two other length units, but we've excluded them from the length converter on purpose: A furlong's conversion ratio isn't widely defined. The term league. It was a highly common measurement across Europe and Latin America but is no the official measurement in any country. But, you can find these units in the following table together with the most popular values:

Unit	In comparison to the previous	Feet	Millimeters	Meters
Thou (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

Metric measuring system often called"the International System of Units (SI) is described as an internationally recognized decimal system for weights and measuring. It is widely used across the globe (apart those three nations mentioned earlier) It is simple to use, rational, and useful. The four most fundamental units used to measure in metric are:

• Meter ( 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 units that have names that are distinctive exist. They can be divided in five groups:

1. Electromagnetism

• Volt, a measurement of electrical potential
• Ohm, an unit of electrical resistance,
• Tesla is an indicator unit used to measure magnetic flux density,
• weber is a term that is used to refer to magnetic flux
• farad is a measurement of capacitance electrical
• Henry is a term used to refer to electrical inductance
• Siemens is a term used to describe electrical conductance,
• Coulomb can be an expression used to describe the electrical charge.

1. Mechanics

• Watt is a measurement of mechanical or electrical power,
• newton is a term that is used to denote a type of force applied by mechanical means,
• Joule is a unit of thermodynamic, mechanical, or electrical energy,
• pascal is a measurement unit for pressure.

1. Radio waves from electromagnetic fields

• becquerel is a kind of radioactive decay
• Sievert is a form of Ionising radiation that is absorbed. Find out the amount of radiation you received from your flight by using Our flight radiation calculator.
• gray is a form of radiation called Ionizing
• Lux is a term used to denote luminescent flux
• lumen is a measurement of the light's intensity.

1. Circular arches as well as Surfaces with a sphere

• Radian is a unit of circular arc,
• Sterandian can be an expression used to describe the area of the spherical surface.

1. Other

• degree Celsius is a unit that measures thermodynamic temperatures. Use this temperature converter that converts the degrees Celsius to Kelvins or Fahrenheit.
• Katal is a sort of catalytic activity
• hertz is a measurement of the number of cycles in one second.