Length
system unit code
(alternative)
abbreviation notes conversion factor/m combinations
SI gigametre Gm Gm US spelling: gigameter
1,000,000,000
megametre Mm Mm US spelling: megameter
1,000,000
کلومیٹر km کلومیٹر US spelling: kilometer
1,000
  • km mi
hectometre hm hm US spelling: hectometer
100
decametre dam dam US spelling: dekameter
10
میٹر m میٹر 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 ångström Å
(angstrom)
Å 0.0000000001
Imperial
&
US customary
میل mi میل 1,609.344
  • mi km
furlong furlong 201.168
chain chain 20.1168
rod rd rd 5.0292
pole pole equivalent to a rod 5.0292
perch 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
فٹ ft (foot) فٹ The foot code will produce foot as the plural form. 0.3048
  • ftin (feet and inches)
  • ft m (foot m)


hand 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 pre-1970 British 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 gigaparsec Gpc Gpc 3.08567758130570×10^25
megaparsec Mpc Mpc 3.08567758130570×10^22
kiloparsec kpc kpc 3.08567758130570×10^19
parsec pc (parsec) pc 3.08567758130570×10^16
gigalight-year Gly Gly 9.4607304725808×10^24
megalight-year Mly Mly 9.4607304725808×10^21
kilolight-year kly kly 9.4607304725808×10^18
light-year ly ly 9.4607304725808×10^15
فلکیاتی اکائی AU AU 149,597,870,691