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Length
system unit code
(alternative)
abbreviation notes conversion factor/m combinations
International System of Units Gigametre Gm Gm US spelling: gigameter
1,000,000,000
Megametre Mm Mm US spelling: megameter
1,000,000
Kilometre km km US spelling: kilometer
1,000
  • km mi
Hectometre hm hm US spelling: hectometer
100
Decametre dam dam US spelling: dekameter
10
Metre m m US spelling: meter
1
  • m ft (m foot)
Decimetre dm dm US spelling: decimeter
0.1
Centimetre cm cm US spelling: centimeter
0.01
  • cm in
Millimetre mm mm US spelling: millimeter
0.001
  • mm in
Micrometre μm
(um, micrometre)
µm US spelling: micrometer
0.000001


Nanometre nm nm US spelling: nanometer
0.000000001
non-SI Metric system Ångström Å
(angstrom)
Å 0.0000000001
Imperial unit
&
United States customary units
Mile mi mi 1,609.344
  • mi km
Furlong furlong 201.168
Chain (unit) chain 20.1168
Rod (unit) rd rd 5.0292
Rod (unit) pole equivalent to a rod 5.0292
Rod (unit) perch equivalent to a rod 5.0292
Fathom fathom assumes 1 fathom ≡ 6 ft 1.8288
Yard yd yd assumes the international definition 0.9144
Foot (length) ft (foot) ft The foot code will produce foot as the plural form. 0.3048
  • ft m (foot m)


Hand (length) hand h 0.1016
Inch in in 0.0254
  • in cm
  • in mm
Maritime units Nautical mile nmi nmi the International standard nautical mile 1,852
Nautical mile oldUKnmi
(admiralty nmi)
nmi 6080 ft
the Nautical mile
1,853.184
Brnmi (Brit) nmi
admi nmi (admiralty)
Nautical mile oldUSnmi nmi 6080.2 ft
the pre-1954 US nautical mile
1,853.24496
pre1954USnmi
(pre1954usnmi)
(pre-1954 US) nmi
pre1954U.S.nmi
(pre1954usnmi)
(pre-1954 U.S.) nmi
Other Parsec Gpc Gpc 3.0856775813100×10^25
Parsec Mpc Mpc 3.0856775813100×10^22
Parsec kpc kpc 3.0856775813100×10^19
Parsec pc (parsec) pc 3.0856775813100×10^16
Light-year Gly Gly 9.4607304725800×10^24
Light-year Mly Mly 9.4607304725800×10^21
Light-year kly kly 9.4607304725800×10^18
Light-year ly ly 9.4607304725800×10^15
Astronomical unit AU AU 149,597,870,691
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