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 device that allows quick conversion to a length unit which is imperial, as well as the measurement unit, the metric. This isn't all. 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)
• feet and inches
• yards (yd)
• miles (mi)

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

It's a length conversion calculator can be operated by entering units (up to eleven units at once in the same calculation) within the calculator. The calculator then calculates the length converter then returns your results for each unit , in real-time. Select the unit if you would prefer to perform your length transformation to an alternative unit to the ones that are the default units provided by Omni. Omni team. If you're trying to convert between various areas, an alternative option is to use the

Length conversion table

To determine what conversion factors can be applied to the most known length units, take a look at this list of conversion factors for length:

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 to round off a few of the variables used in conversion to make them fit into this table. Some values might not be exact but they are within a certain level of accuracy.

Length conversion chart

If you're struggling discover how you can swiftly switch between units within one system, look at these two quick length charts for conversion:

1. Measurement system that is metrics

For example:

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

1. American Imperial US measurement system. US measure system

For example:

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

We've also put together an index of the most frequently demanded length-to-length conversions. The most frequently requested ones you'll find are:

1. meters-to-feetor feet-to-meters

If you're looking to figure out the number of feet in one meter, here's the answer:

• 1 Meter 3.281 feet which equals three feet 3 1/4 inches, and 3 1/2 inches
• 1 foot equals 0.3048 Meter

1. inches to cmIn cm

Find out the value of centimeters for each inch.

• One centimeter 0.3937 inches
• 1 inch equals 2.54 centimeters

1. inches to feetor inches converted to feet

To convert between inches and feet utilize:

• 1 foot equals 12 inches
• 1 . 0.08333 feet 1/12th of one inch

1. Yards to yardsYards 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 milesor miles to miles

Have you ever thought about the number of feet in the mile?

• 1 foot 0.00018939 mile
• 1 yard = 5280 feet

Inch definition

The "inch" (abbreviate meaning "or ") is a length measurement that is employed to describe the Imperial or US the metric system. The word originates from a variety of definitions, including the dimensions of the human thumb. In a variety of languages e.g. Norwegian, Afrikaans, Italian or French the term "inch" originates from the word "thumb" at times, it's the same concept. Since the 14th century,"Inch" came to be introduced in the time of King Edward I. England by a definition of three barley grains which were dry and round and placed between the ends of the in length. An inch's definition has changed through the centuries, but in the 1950's an international standard was introduced, and since that time, an inch is exactly 2.54 centimeters.

1 in = 2.54 cm

One inch also equates to one-third of a yard. 1/12 of a foot or one-third of a mile.

In a day-to-day basis in everyday life, inches are used in countries such as those of the US, UK, Canada and many other countries which were once participants in the British Empire. Along with length, width , and length are measured in different sizes. They are also measured using units that are which are derived from inches (e.g. the size of the size of a shoe).

What is measured in inches? It's not just the US however and all around the world?

• Dimensions of the screen of monitors, smartphones, TVs, and monitors (specifically dimensions of angles of rectangle screens)
• Resolution of screen PPI (pixels per inch)
• measurements of tire dimensions of tire e.g. bicycle or car wheels,
• different instruments and pipe of various dimensions
• Certain sports equipments make use of this measurement, which is measured in inches. e.g. for archery.
• within the realm of science, e.g. Acoustics in science, e.g. Acoustics microphones, and their dimensions.

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

• 10,000 10ths of the 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 or 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 measurement system. It's a measurement made up of the human body as the name suggests. This measurement became standardized in the 1950s and, since then, it's the equivalent of 0.3048 meters exactly:

1 ft = 0.3048 m = 304.8 mm

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

• Ancient Rome: 1 foot = 11.6 inches (295.7 mm). It was a standard foot, but in some regions it could be larger 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 is equivalent to twelve inches (304.8 millimeters)

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

The measurement of feet is utilized to measure feet in England the measurement for feet is used in England England the measurement of feet also changed through time, beginning with Roman standards, then later Belgic Celts foot of 13.2 inches or Welsh foot was introduced and later discarded. The definition of feet was different from region to region, and from city to city, and then the kings altered the measurement to suit their preferences - e.g., Henry I was believed to have established an entirely new standard , which was modelled on his arm. In the following years, Edward II of England introduced the concept of standardization, and introduced the statute foot that was 10/11 smaller than the previous foot. A finalization on the length of the shoe was achieved more later, in the year 1959, after the International yard-and-pound convention had been signed. Since then, the length of one yard in the United States and countries in the British Commonwealth is equal to exactly 0.9144 meters. At the time when yard length was established in the first place, feet could be determined too. 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 utilized on a regular basis. These are the world foot and survey.

1. Foot internationalAlso known as"the normal foot," it first standardized in the 1950s. It is widely used in a range of fields, it's the equivalent of 0.3048 meters: 1 . International foot 0.3048 millimeters, and we've used the symbol to demonstrate the meaning of precisely the amount. The international measurement is the same as an individual's foot. It has the dimensions thirteen (UK) and fourteen (US male).
2. Survey foot It is the US survey foot. is nearly identical in size to the bottom on the planet. However the word Nearly The most important thing is . Survey foot's definition is precisely 1200/3937 meters. 1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 m 0,30480060960121920243840487680975... m As you can see, this appears to be a small difference - but something is different as you reach seven decimal places! It's only 0.609 mm. 609 nanometers if you compare one type of foot with the other. Why is this significant? It's important because the distinction isn't much of a difference when measuring small objects. However, it is significant when we begin measuring several hundred thousand feet, as in when mapping or using SPCS which is the State Plane Coordinate System (SPCS). Furthermore, the law that governs the survey foot is different across each of the fifty US States.
   • 24 states have passed laws stating that surveying measures should be based upon US surveys feet. US foot of survey
   • Eight states have voted to make the decision in conformity of the world foot
   • 18 states don't have specific conversion rate for metrics units. But, don't fret about this if there's a need of conversions in your regular conveyances, or for the surveying of land. The difference isn't that important for smaller miles (less than 1 mile) and it doesn't matter what terms you decide to use.
   There's a different measurement for the foot, and that's the Indian survey foot . It's described as precisely 0.3047996 M: 1. Indian survey foot = 0.3047996 m

Feet and the entire imperial system is widely used across the US. It's not just a matter of choice. The US is considered to be the only industrialized country in the world which has not adopted their International System of Units, that is known as the measurement system that uses the measurement unit metric. Two other countries that use this measurement system include Liberia and Liberia in Africa within Africa as well as Myanmar (also also known as Burma) located within Southeast Asia. Canadians and the British utilize a combination of both systems: imperial and the metric system (e.g. the height of males is normally expressed in feet , but inches can also be employed).

Feet aren't used widely in countries that are not english-speaking. The most obvious example can be the utilization of the elevation of an aircraft in the travel industry internationally.

Meter definition

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

The definition of meter altered as methods for measuring scientifically evolved. The definition of meters is how long is the direction in which light traverses in a vacuum which is 1/99,792,458 second.

What was its definition by its time of being first established?

• The initial tests for the definition of meter started in 1790. In 1790, it was determined to the French National Assembly decided that the length of the new meter had to be similar to the length of a pendulum , with one second of a half-period. Find out the exactness of this number making use of our calculator for pendulums. Simply enter 2 into the pendulum's date box then you'll be able calculate the length of the pendulum. In reality, it's just a millimeter (0.993621 meters).

• In 1973, the circumference of Earth was chosen as an unambiguous reference point. "Meter" in the context of "meter" was used to mean one-ten millionth of the distance from the equator until the north pole. North Pole: 1 meter is one-tenth of the meridional diameter of Earth that runs along the meridian, which runs between Paris and between Earth and Paris
• 1799-1889, from 1799 to 1889 and 1799, brass, platinum and the mixture of 10% platinum and Iridium-based meter bar were made on an alloy that was able to span across the meridian on Earth. The 1st General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889 defined"meter" was defined as "meter" as the length of the bar that runs between the two lines of a standard bar made from this kind of alloy. This International Prototype Meter is kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures situated in Sevres close to Paris. The definition of meter was in use up to 1960, after which it got adopted at the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• Between 1960 and 1983, the meters were revised during the decade of 1960. It was then changed back to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths, which are derived by the radioactive red Krypton86 under certain conditions.
• 17th Conference defined"meter" as 1/299,792,458 in the distance light travels in a second. the definition for the meter remains valid to the moment.

The table below gives an overview of the chronology of the definition of meters (by Cardarelli, 2003).

Standard	Date	Absolute error	Relative uncertainty
One-tenth of one million in the Quadrant that lies along the Meridian	1795	500-100 mm	10 -4
The initial prototype of the platinum bar standard	1799	50-10 mm	10 -5
Platinum-iridium bar which has melting point . Ice (1st CGPM)	1889	200-100 nm	10 -7
Platinum-iridium bars near the melting region of the frozen ice, atmospheric pressure and supported by two rolling rolls (7th CGPM)	1927	n.a.	n.a.
Hyperfine the atomic transition 1650763.73 range of visible wavelengths resulted from the specific transformation of Krypton-86 (11th CGPM)	1960	4 nm	4x10 -9
The distance of path that light travels through in the vacuum is measured in the fraction of one second (17th CGPM)	1983	0.1 nm	10 -10

Imperial (US) measure system. US measurement system

The Imperial measurement system used in The US measurement systems, as well in US measurement systems, isn't the same but for length measurements they're exactly the identical (they differ in volume measurements, meaning e.g. the cup could have a volume of floz, which differs from the two measurement systems). The only countries that did not recognize the metric system were those from the US, Liberia and Myanmar.

The six most often used US length units (also known as imperial length units) were included in our length converter:

• 1 thousandths of an inch (mil or 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 the length converter on purpose: The term "furlong" refers to the fact that the length of a"furlong's conversion ratio isn't clearly defined as well as the word league was the most widely measured measurement in Europe as well as Latin America but is no anymore an official measurement for any one of these. However, you can find them below, along with the most commonly used measurements:

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 also known as"the International System of Units (SI) is an international decimal-based system of weights and measurements. It is widely used across the globe (apart of the 3 countries mentioned in the previous section) It is simple to use, practical and efficient. The four basic 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 with the units' own name are also available. They can be divided into 5 categories.

1. Electromagnetism

• Volt is a measure of electrical potential
• Ohm, a measurement unit for electrical resistance
• Tesla It is a measuring unit for magnetic flux density
• weber is a type of magnetic flux,
• farad A measure of electrical capacitance,
• Henry can be a word that is used to refer to electrical inductance
• Siemens may be described as an electronic conductance type,
• Coulomb could be a word that is used to refer to the electric charge.

1. Mechanics

• Watt A unit of electrical or mechanical power,
• Newton Mechanical unit. force,
• Jourle is a term that is used to describe a unit of electrical, mechanical or thermodynamic energy
• pascal is an instrument for measuring pressure.

1. Radiofrequency

• becquerel is a type of radioactive decay
• Sievert can be the term used to describe the absorption of ionising radiation. You can determine the radiation dose you experienced during your journey to the airport using your radiation calculation calculator for flights.
• grey is a constituent of Ionizing radiation
• Lux is an expression that is used to describe luminescent flux
• lumen is a term that describes the intensity of light.

1. Circular arcs as well as Spherical surfaces

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

1. Other

• degree Celsius can be described as a measure of thermodynamic temperature. You can use the temperature convertor to change degrees Celsius in Kelvins or Fahrenheit.
• Katal can be described as one of the components of catalytic activity.
• hertz A number of cycles/second.