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Metric
1 kilometer (km)=
1000
meters
100,000
centimeters
1,000,000
millimeters
0.539956 nautical mile
0.621371 mile
1093.61 yards
3280.83 feet
39,370.08 inches
1 meter (m) =
10
decimeters
100
centimeters
1000
millimeters
1.09361 yards
3.28084 feet
39.37008 inches
1 decimeter (dm) =
10
centimeters
1 centimeter (cm) =
0.01
meter
10
millimeters
0.0328 foot
0.3937 inch
1 millimeter (mm) =
0.001
meter
0.1
centimeter
1000
micron
0.03937 inch
1 micrometer
or micron (μm)
=
0.000001
meter = one millionth meter
0.0001
centimeter
0.001
millimeter
0.00003937 inch
39.37 micro-inches
Surveyors Measure
1 mile
=
8
furlongs = 80 chains
1 furlong
=
10
chains = 220 yards
1 chain
=
4
rods = 22 yards = 66 feet = 100 links
1 rod
=
5.5
yards = 16.5 feet = 25 links
5.0292 meter
1 link
=
7.92 inches
1 span
=
9 inches
1 hand
=
4 inches
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US Customary
1 mile (mi) =
0.868976 nautical mile
1760
yards
5280
feet
63,360
inches
1.609344
kilometers
1609.344
meters
160,934.4
centimeters
1,609,344
millimeters
1 yard (yd)=
3
feet
36
inches
0.9144
meter
91.44
centimeter
914.4
millimeter
1 foot (international) (ft) =
12
inches = 1⁄3 yard
0.3048
meter
30.48
centimeter
304.8
millimeters
1 survey foot =
1.000002 international feet
12⁄39.37 = 0.3048006096012 meter
1 inch (in)=
1000
mils
1,000,000
micro-inch
2.54
centimeters
25.4
millimeters
25,400
microns
1 mil =
0.001
inch
1000
micro-inches
0.0254
millimeters
1 micro-inch (μin)
=
0.000001
inch = one millionth inch
0.0254
micrometer (micron)
Nautical
Measure
1 league
=
3 nautical miles
1 nautical mile =
1.1508 statute miles
6076.11549
feet
1.8516 kilometers
1 fathom
=
2
yards = 6 feet
1 knot
=
nautical unit of speed =
1 nautical mile per hour
1.1508 statute miles per hour
1.8516 kilometers per hour |