The SI base unit meter is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second
Characteristic |
Description |
Dimension symbol (SI) |
L |
Quantity symbol (SI) |
l |
Table 1: Quantity brief
Unit name |
Symbol |
Conversion to base unit |
Relation to SI units |
|
SI |
kilometer |
See SI prefixes |
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SI |
hectometer |
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SI |
meter |
m |
* 1 |
|
SI |
decimeter |
See SI prefixes |
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SI |
centimeter |
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SI |
millimeter |
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SI |
micrometer |
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SI |
nanometer |
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Imp |
mile |
m |
* 5280 |
1,609.344m |
Imp |
yard |
yd |
* 3 |
0.9144m |
Imp |
foot |
ft |
* 1 |
0.3048m |
Imp |
inch |
in |
* 1/12 |
0.0254m |
USS |
survey mile |
m |
* 5280 |
3600/3937 * 1760 |
USS |
survey foot |
ft |
* 1 |
1200/3937m |
USS |
survey inch |
in |
* 1/12 |
1200/47244m |
Table 2: Supported units. Basis units for a unit system are printed in boldface.
