Length
Distance, height, thickness and astronomical length.
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Distance, height, thickness and astronomical length.
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| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| quectometrefrom m | qm | 1e30 |
| rontometrefrom m | rm | 1e27 |
| yoctometrefrom m | ym | 1e24 |
| zeptometrefrom m | zm | 1e21 |
| attometrefrom m | am | 1e18 |
| femtometrefrom m | fm | 1000000000000000 |
| picometrefrom m | pm | 1000000000000 |
| nanometrefrom m | nm | 1000000000 |
| ångströmfrom m | Å | 10000000000 |
| micrometrefrom m | µm | 1000000 |
| millimetrefrom m | mm | 1000 |
| centimetrefrom m | cm | 100 |
| decimetrefrom m | dm | 10 |
| metrefrom m | m | 1 |
| decametrefrom m | dam | 0.1 |
| hectometrefrom m | hm | 0.01 |
| kilometrefrom m | km | 0.001 |
| megametrefrom m | Mm | 0.000001 |
| gigametrefrom m | Gm | 0.000000001 |
| terametrefrom m | Tm | 1e-12 |
| petametrefrom m | Pm | 1e-15 |
| exametrefrom m | Em | 1e-18 |
| zettametrefrom m | Zm | 1e-21 |
| yottametrefrom m | Ym | 1e-24 |
| ronnametrefrom m | Rm | 1e-27 |
| quettametrefrom m | Qm | 1e-30 |
| thou / milfrom m | mil | 39370.1 |
| inchfrom m | in | 39.3701 |
| footfrom m | ft | 3.28084 |
| yardfrom m | yd | 1.09361 |
| chainfrom m | ch | 0.0497097 |
| furlongfrom m | fur | 0.00497097 |
| international milefrom m | mi | 0.000621371 |
| nautical milefrom m | nmi | 0.000539957 |
| U.S. survey footfrom m | ftUS | 3.28083 |
| typographic pointfrom m | pt | 2834.65 |
| astronomical unitfrom m | au | 6.68459e-12 |
| light-secondfrom m | ls | 0.00000000333564 |
| light-yearfrom m | ly | 1.057e-16 |
| parsecfrom m | pc | 3.24078e-17 |
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