Convert Units of Length (Distance)

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How to convert length units using the AddUp calculator

How to convert units in general

Conversions can be done either with the "->" conversion operator or with the equivalent "convert" function. The function has three parameters: a quantity, a unit to convert from and a unit to convert to. Likewise the conversion operator uses three values: the quantity and unit to convert from are placed on the left side of the operator while the unit to convert to goes to the right side.

Length Units

The basic unit of length is the meter. All units of length are expressed in terms of this meter unit and so length measurements can all be converted from any one of these units to any other.

angstrom

100 picometers: 1e-9 m

au

astronomical unit: 1.495978e+11 m

barleycorn

3 inches: 8.46666666666666667e-3 m

bolt

120 feet: 36.576 m

cable

720 feet: 219.456 m

chain

100 links: 20.1168 m

cm

centimeter: 0.01 m

cubit

18 inches: 0.4572 m

ell

45 inches: 1.143 m

fathom

6 feet: 1.8288 m

fermi

femtometer: 1e-15 m

foot

12 inches: 0.3048

furlong

660 feet: 201.168 m

hand

4 inches: 0.1016 m

inch

1/36 yard: 0.0254 m

km [also: click]

kilometer: 1000 m

league

3 miles: 4828.032 m

lightSecond

distance light travels per second: 299792458 m

lightYear

distance light travels in one Julian year: 9.460528405e+15 m

line

1/12 inch: 2.116666666666666667e-3 m

link

0.66 foot: 0.201168 m

m [also: meter, metre]

Basic unit of length: 1 m

micron

micrometer: 1e-6 m

mil [also: thou]

1/1000 inch: 2.54e-7 m

mile

5280 feet: 1609.344 m

mm

millimeter: .001 m

nail

9/4 inch: 0.05715 m

nautMile

nautical mile: 1852 m

palm

3 inches: 0.0762 m

parsec

astronomical unit: 3.085678e+16 m

point

1/72 inch: 3.527777777777777778e-4 m

rod

16.4 feet: 5.0292 m

rope

20 feet: 6.096 m

skein

360 feet: 109.728 m

span

9 inches: 0.286 m

yard

3 feet: 0.9144 m

Sample Conversions of Length Units